"Carte Generale et Politique de l'Asie...", Chanlaire & Mentelle

A finely engraved chart that extends from Madagascar across the breadth of Asia to the Pacific to include Australia, New Zealand, the East Indies, the Philippines, Japan, China, Indo-China, Russia and the Middle East. Tasmania is mostly off the map, but made to appear attached to Australia. The title is contained in a rectangular cartouche with "An VI" which translates from the French as "Year 6" of the Revolutionary calendar, 1798. At lower left are a remarkable number of distance scales, twelve in all. No engraver is credited, yet it was likely Tardieu .

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Condition: A

A crisp impression a watermarked sheet with wide margins. There is some minor foxing confined to the top blank margin.