"Nouvelle Mappemonde avec les Dernieres Decouvertes et les Voyages des Plus Celebres Voyageurs", Molini, Giuseppe

This rare double-hemispheric world map is displayed on an unusual projection, with the North Pole and South Pole falling about a third of the way down or up on the Paris Meridian Line. The seas are filled with the tracks of various explorers including the Polo family, Pigafetta/Magellan, Cook, and Vancouver. Cartographically, the Sea of the West makes a very late appearance on a map allowing for a clear Northwest Passage, and Tasmania is still connected to Australia. On a full sheet with a panel of French text measuring 28.4 x 22.3".

References: McGuirk #237.

Condition: B+

On a sheet with faint, uneven toning and some extraneous creasing along the centerfold and sheet edges. There are a few edge tears confined to the blank margins.