Subject: World
Period: 1805 (published)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.5 x 13 inches
47 x 33 cm
Very unusual early 19th century, double hemisphere world map. Finely engraved and centered on South East Asia, it features topography rather than political divisions. Five other projections surround the map; Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern and Mercators. Pictorial title cartouche with the four female representations of the continents, Venus in a seashell, and frolicking mermaids.
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Condition: A
Faint foxing in margins.