A finely copper engraved map by G. Pitteri showing the modern-day nations of Uruguay, Paraguay, and parts of adjacent Brazil and Argentina.. Rich detail is offered throughout, naming mountains, rivers, national boundaries, cities, regions, and indigenous tribes. Identifies Asuncion, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and numerous other important South American cities. From Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai più celebri e più recenti cartografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in…
- Author: ZATTA Antonio
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 400 x 320 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
The very fine and interesting map shows the boundaries of the US immediately prior to Texas claiming its independence. Many Indian Tribes and early forts noted. Insets of Texas and St. Pierre Miquelon. From Atlas Spheroidal et Universel de Geographie by M.F.A. Garnier published in Paris at Veuve Jules Renouard in 1862. This atlas is exceptional for its “spheroidal” maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of…
- Author: GARNIER Francis Marie Joseph
- Year: 1862
- Dimension: 340 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
Very detailed map of Mexico with the Caribbean includes an inset of Central America and Panama. Interesting Depiction of Arizona and New Mexico. From Atlas Spheroidal et Universel de Geographie by M.F.A. Garnier published in Paris at Veuve Jules Renouard in 1862. This atlas is exceptional for its “spheroidal” maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. The remaining maps are also…
- Author: GARNIER Francis Marie Joseph
- Year: 1862
- Dimension: 340 x 500 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
Lovely engraved map based on the cartography by C. Franz Radefeld (1788-1874) showing the Arkansas, Mississipi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida Panhandle. Inset of New Oreleans suurndings. 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
- Author: MEYER Joseph
- Year: 1849
- Dimension: 270 x 200 mm
- Place of publication: Hildburghausen