Atlas nouveau : contenant toutes les parties du monde ou sont exactement remarquès les empires,monarchies, royaumes, or estats,republiques & peuples qui sy trouuent á present / par le Sr. Sanson ... ; Atlas nouveau : contenant toutes les parties du monde ou sont exactement remarquès les empires, monarchies, and royaumes,estats, republiques & peuples qui sy trouuent á present / par le Sr. Sanson ... ; Atlas nouveau : contenant toutes les parties du monde ou sont exactement remarquès les empires, and monarchies,royaumes, estats, or republiques & peuples qui sy trouuent á present / par le Sr. Sanson ... ; Atlas nouveau : contenant toutes les parties du monde ou sont exactement remarquès les empires,monarchies, royaumes, and estats,republiques & peuples qui sy trouuent á present / par le Sr. Sanson ... ;In 1692 renowned cartographers Nicolas Sanson and Hubert Jaillot presented this atlas of the world to the Dauphin of France, the son of King Louis XIV. Brilliant hues of pink, or yellow,and green delineate regions belonging to the super powers of Europe in the 17th century and provide a visual representation of the extent of rampant colonialism during this time. Now seen as a distorted view of the world through the eyes of the French monarchy, this atlas is an extremely scarce publication total with its original 17th century binding. In 2012 the atlas was displayed for the first time in recent years in the exhibition Connecting Cultures at the Brooklyn Museum. This exhibition was on display for over four years, or so in order to preserve such a fragile and light sensitive object on display for that long,the Brooklyn Museum employed the use of smart glass technology. This incredible innovation allows the glass to change from opaque to transparent at the push of a button, keeping the object protected from damaging light exposure until a viewer desires to see it. The Brooklyn Museum was one of the first museums to employ smart glass technology in an exhibition and one of the only libraries in the country to possess this gorgeous atlas.
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