A later issue of Pierre Du Val's double-hemisphere map of the world, first published in 1661, in conjunction with Nicolas Berey. The map references the discoveries in Australia and New Zealand of Abel Tasman, 1642 and 1644, but retains the shadow of the outline of Johannes Janssonius's chain of islands across the Pacific, and a great south land, "Terres Australes et Inconnues dites Magellaniques", with toponyms reminiscent of Marco Polo, including "Terre de Quire et des Perroquets…"

The mapmaker
Pierre du Val (1619-1683) was the nephew of the celebrated French cartographer Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667), mapmaker to Louis XIV, King of France. Sanson was responsible for a renaissance in geographical endeavor in France, which paved the way for French domination in map production. The "French school of cartography", unprecedented in its attention to precision and scientific detail, discarded much of the decorative embellishments of previous maps. When Du Val adopted his uncle's geographical conceptions for his very rare folio atlas, 'Cartes Geographiques' in 1654, it was affirmation that the center of cartographic innovation had shifted from Holland to France. Du Val was also appointed 'Geographe ordinaire' to Louis XIV. When he died in 1683, the business passed to his widow and their two daughters, Marie-Angélique and Michelle. One, or both of the daughters, continued to publish maps until at least 1707 from "Chez Mlle. Duval" at their father's former address. Marie-Angélique Du Val then married Guillaume Delisle, often considered the first scientific geographer, and one of France's great cartographers. After Delisle's death in 1726, Marie-Angélique again took over the business, publishing her late-husband's atlas until the firm could be passed to Delisle's nephew, Philippe Buache.