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Out of stockPrinted in full color and designed with a perspective approach, the map presents a bird’s-eye view of India and part of Sri Lanka in which the major regions and mountain ranges-particularly the Himalayas, depicted with very pronounced perspective reliefs-emerge spectacularly, giving the whole an almost three-dimensional character. This particular way of depicting maps was popular in the nineteenth century to elicit a sense of visual wonder and facilitate understanding of the most impervious regions. Major…
- Dimension: 54 x 32 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1858
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Uncommon map of South Africa from the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Rare map of Alaska (America Russa) and the contiguous parts of Canada and the US extending to the Upper Missouri River and the Fraser River. The map is one of the earliest printed maps to focus on the region which would become Alaska. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 27 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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A fascinating map of Australia illustrating a scheme for dividing up Australia suggested by Captain James Vetch in 1838.
- Dimension: 27 x 33 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Rare map of the regions surrounding the Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, and Turkestan during the 19th century. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Fascinating map of the region bounded by Hudson’s Bay, Iceland, Greenland, and Baffin Bay, showing the Arctic Regions and detailing the prospects for a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the legendary Northwest Passage. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Uncommon map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf (called “Mare Verde”) from the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Out of stockRare map of the Philippines and Southeast Asia, extending north to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The map provides a detailed topographical treatment of the region, with the various countries identified in outline colors. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Uncommon double hemisphere map of the world on a polar projection which focuses on the distribution of European colonies in different parts of the world. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Rare map of the Northwest Passage, Northern Canada, part of Alaska (America Russa) and Greenland showing the known islands of the Northwest Passage, including several partially known coastlines. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Fascinating antique map of the eastern coast of the United States, featuring several intriguing curiosities in its boundaries. Notably, Louisiana appears without a western limit, stretching into what would later become Texas, while its name is rendered in an Italianized form as “Luiciana.” The Mississippi River is depicted in a compressed fashion, seemingly squeezed by other rivers, and Alabama is shown with roughly triple its actual coastline. The map, signed at the lower right by…
- Dimension: 28 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
