Description:

FULL TITLE:Mappe Monde

Publication: Geographie Universelle

Attractive double hemisphere map shows the Western Hemisphere with California drawn as an island off the western coast of North America. On the Eastern Hemisphere map only the western coast of Australia is drawn, as the eastern coast had not yet been charted by Capt. Cook who surveyed it 25 years later in 1769. Although land contours on this small map are drawn in a speculative fashion, the charm of the map lies in its inaccuracies and the lack of universal knowledge still apparent in mapmaking in some European centers in the early 18th century.

Folds as given.

Conditon: GG

Cartographer: Buffier

Date: 1744

Technique: Copper Engraving

Colour: Coloured

Width (cms) x Height (cms): 17.6 x 13.7

Ref: JJB0832