Subject: World
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.5 x 6.7 inches
24.1 x 17 cm
Interesting double hemisphere world map with polar projections. In North America, there is a large Island of California. Australia and New Zealand are shown with incomplete coastlines. The map contains six smaller astronomical spheres with Ptolemaic and Brahe solar systems in the cusps of the hemispheres.
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Condition: A
Separation on fold in bottom margin repaired with archival tape. Remnants of hinge tape on verso.