A French double-hemisphere world map, published in the decade before Captain Cook mapped New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and the Bering Straits. In North America the fictitious 'Mer de l'Ouest' and North West Passage are marked.
Additional information
Dimensions | 450 × 325 mm |
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Cartographer | |
Date | 1766 |
Extra Info | Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dress?e Sur les Nouvelles Observations de M.rs de l'Acad?mie Royale des Sciences. |
Publication | Paris, c.1766. Coloured. 325 x 450mm. |
Condition | A good example. |
References | – |