A scarce 18th century double-hemisphere world map

BOURGOIN, Pierre.

Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressée Sur les Nouvelles Observations de M.rs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
Paris, c.1766. Coloured. 325 x 450mm.

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.


Stock ID : 22916