Subject: World
Period: 1684 (circa)
Publication: Beschreibung des Ganzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4 x 5.7 inches
10.2 x 14.5 cm
This fascinating set of three maps shows how the depictions of the known world have evolved over time, based on the work of various geographers and cartographers.
A. Planisphere de Turquet / Planisphere de Bertius / Planisphere d Arzael
B. Carte du Monde de Marc Paul / Carte du Monde de Iacques Castaldo / Carte du Monde de Miguel Lopez
C. Globe de Mella / Globe de Posidonius / Globe de Ptolomee
References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.
Condition: A
Clean and bright examples on watermarked paper. The third sheet has an archivally repaired tear confined to the top blank margin.