"Carte Reduite des Terres et des Mers du Globe Terrestre", Bonne, Rigobert
Subject: World
Period: 1782 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Portatif
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.7 x 8.5 inches
32.3 x 21.6 cm
Handsome copper engraved world map on Mercator's projection. Greenland and the Arctic are attached to North America. Alaska is shown with a rudimentary shape. The most interesting features are the large inland sea in the Pacific Northwest with its outlet named "Canal du Roi George" and a river connecting it to Hudson Bay. Above this is another large lake with a huge river flowing to the Pacific at "Is. San Carlos". Australia is named "Nouvelle Holland" and includes "Terre de Diemen". Numerous small islands are shown throughout the world.
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Condition: A
