A lovely and uncommon map of the world in two hemispheres published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French colonies around the world are in red.
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A lovely and uncommon map of the world in two hemispheres published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French colonies around the world are in red.
€ 180,00
A lovely and uncommon map of the world in two hemispheres published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French colonies around the world are in red.
East Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, covers also the Red Sea and the coast of Arabia, naming Jiddah and Aden. From ‘Atlante Novissimo’.Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours.
Very detailed small map showing the region from India through southern China and the Philippines, and includes all of the Malaysian Peninsula with parts of North Sumatra and Borneo. In India, the Bay of Cambray is very exaggerated. The mythical Chiamai Lacus appears northeast of India, along with two large lakes in China. From the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself su
Striking map of India and the Malaysian Peninsula, showing excellent detail throughout. From the scarce “Atlas Portatif, contenant la Gographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne” by Eustache Herisson published in Paris in 1809 at Desray.
Porcacchi’s world map is a finely executed reduction of Camocio’s Wall Map of 1567, one of the last wall maps to follow Gastaldi’s wall map of 1546. The map shows a narrow strait between America and Asia. California is shown as a peninsula. Limited information on the east coast, although Florida is named. No obvious entry for either the Hudson or St. Lawrence Rivers The Amazon is depicted, but flowing north-south. [cod.1215/15]