Carte Generale Des Parties Connues Du Globle.

Mortier, Pieter

Verlag: Jacques Desray, 1809

Beschreibung

copper engraved map; overall 45 x 59 cm; plate 43 x 48 cm. fold as issued; some soft creases along lower c fold; some very faint discolouration; some browning to verso and some very light indentations (?) on verso; o/w exc. cond.- Later issued derivative of Mortier s world map, first published in c1700 (see Shirley 622). This map French edition Atlas de la Bible… , published by Desray and engraved by Mademoiselle Glot. NB: the mispelling of globe in the title. Blank on verso.- The map shows California as an island and the Straights of Anian through the Northwest passage. The Great Lakes all seem to be one large sea. New Zealand appears as a small coastline as well as parts of Australia which is joined with Papua New Guinee. The top of the map features 5 spheres: Day and Night, the Flood, the phases of the moon, and the two hemispheres.- A very unusual map which is a valuable edition to any collection. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4300

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Carte Generale Des Parties Connues Du Globle.

Verlag: Jacques Desray

Erscheinungsdatum: 1809

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Near Fine