Courants et Mouvements Généraux de la Mer d'après le Lt. F. Maury

A striking example of Matthew Fontaine Maury's map of the World, based upon Maury's seminal work on the Oceans currents, which commenced in 1847, with the publication of his map of the currents of the North Atlantic and culminated with his publication of The Physical Geography of the Sea, published in 1855.

Maury was the chief Naval Officer in charge of charts from 1843 to 1861. His work describing seasonal winds and currents was conceived largely outside conventional academic circles. Maury was made an honorary member of the Boston Marine Society.

Eugène Andriveau-Goujon's cartographic collection was first published in about 1848 under the title Atlas classique et universel de geographie ancienne et moderne, contenant les decouvertes et les divisions les plus nouvelles dans les cinq parties du monde pour servir a la lecture des voyages, des ouvrages historiques et des meilleurs traites de geographie. Publie par J. Andriveau-Goujon. Adopte par le Ministre de la Guerre pour les bibliotheques regimentaires. Subsequent reprints contain the original body of maps and a substantial addendum.

Eugène Andriveau-Goujon (1832 - 1897) was a map publisher and cartographer active in 19th century Paris. The firm was created in 1825 when Eugène Andriveau married the daughter of map publisher Jean Goujon - thus creating Andriveau-Goujon. Maps by Andriveau-Goujon are often confusing to identify as they can be alternately singed J. Goujon, J. Andriveau, J. Andriveau-Goujon, E. Andriveau-Goujon, or simply Andriveau-Goujon. This refers to the multiple generations of the Andriveau-Goujon dynasty and the tendency to republish older material without updating the imprint. The earliest maps to have the Andriveau-Goujon imprint were released by Jean Andriveau-Goujon. He passed the business to his son Gilbert-Gabriel Andriveau-Goujon, who in 1858 passed to his son, Eugène Andriveau-Goujon, under whose management the firm was most prolific. Andriveau-Goujon published numerous fine pocket maps and atlases throughout the 19th century and often worked with other prominent French cartographers of the time such as Brue and Levasseur. The firm's stock was acquired by M. Barrère in 1892.

Litograph with original colour, good condition.