DISCOVERY OF AMERICA 1824 QUIN UNUSUAL WALL ANTIQUE WORLD MAP IN 2- HEMISPHERES

Sixteen Period. A.D. 1498 The Discovery of America.

Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1846 Edward Quin's copper engraved double hemisphere map of the World, showing clouds over the regions not yet explored or otherwise known, as of the date shown on the map.
 
The map is one of a series of 21 maps from Edward Quin's Historical Atlas.
 
The map is color coded to show countries and colonial powers and shows the World as known at the time of the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

Date: 1846 ( dated ) 

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 97,2 x 64,5

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Map old original colored. Short margin to the top. Wide lower margin. Small rigth lateral margin. Wide left lateral margin. Small foxing and foxing, Small holes along the folding. Small tears. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images.