Map of Oceania and the Pacific Ocean region showing French, English, United States, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese and Chilean possessions and colonies, depicted by colours. Shows shipping routes with distances between ports, capital cities and states. On verso a cover listing the publisher’s catalogue of the series. cfr: National Library of Australia, 6856870
- Author: Girard et Barrère
- Dimension: 51 x 66 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1912
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[sold] Interesting folded pocket map of Tehran drawn by Abbsas Sahab one of the leading Iranian cartographer, published in Tehran in 1958 by A. Sahab Cartographical Drafting. The detailed plan, printed in decorative blue, shows city blocks, major roads, streets, railways, industry, historical, public and educational buildings, parks and agriculture. Includes distance chart, Compass rose, index to places of interest outside Tehran and alpha numeric key to map to hotels, travel agencies, embassies, museums, banks, bookshops etc. At top vignettes with the most interesting buildings. Pictorial cover.
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- Dimension: 67 x 48 cm
- Place of publication: Tehran
- Year: 1958
Lovely engraved map based on the cartography by C. Franz Radefeld (1788-1874) showing in high detail the Pacific Ocean. From the “Meyer’s Neuester Zeitungs Atlas” published by Bibliographischen Instituts in Hildburghausen in 1849-52. The innovation of this work is that almost all maps had small inserts showing richly detailed maps of major cities and their surrunding areas: so not only could travellers carry the atlas with them easily, they could also obtain an initial orientation to their desti
- Author: MEYER Joseph
- Year: 1849
- Dimension: 265 x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Hildburghausen
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A colorful 1953 pictorial map designed by Monique Cras for the French government to promote New Caledonia in the South West Pacific as a travel destination. Coloratissima carta geo-pittorica della Nuova Caledonia disegnata da Monique Cras e pubblicata a Parigi nel 1953 dal Ministero francese d’oltremare per promuovere il turismo nell’area. La carta, ricchissima di particolari, annotazioni e avvenimenti storici, è completata dalla rappresentazione, dentro a una conchiglia, dell’emisfero meridionale del globo terrestre centrato sull’Oceania…
- Author: Monique Cras
- Dimension: 42 x 62 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1953