"Mappemonde en Deux Hemispheres", Andriveau-Goujon, J.
Subject: World
Period: 1855 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Elementaire Simplifie
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.8 x 15.3 inches
50.3 x 38.9 cm
An attractive double-hemisphere map of the world inset with small depictions of the polar regions and a triangular diagram comparing the sizes of the five continents. The map is color-coded to show colonial possessions, and some partial coastlines are mapped in Antarctica. Surrounding the map is an interesting depiction of the heights of 74 mountains keyed to a table below.
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Condition: B+
There is some minor staining along the centerfold and sheet edges. A separation occupying the entire lower centerfold has been closed on verso with archival materials.
