"Carte du Globe Terrestre ou les Terres de l'Hemisphere Meridl. sont supposees etre Vues a Travers celles de l'Hemisphere Septentl.", Buache/Dezauche
Subject: Polar
Period: 1746 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.7 x 9.7 inches
32.3 x 24.6 cm
A very unusual map with north and south poles depicted on same sphere by superimposing one on the other. North America is shown with a huge Sea of the West and probable Northwest Passage.
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Condition: A
Original color. Extremely wide margins with a bit of faint foxing.