World Map Mercator's Projection Mts. of Moon Africa 1842 Lapie large folio map World Maps DANS OP O-TAHITI

DANS OP O-TAHITI

Minor light toning and scattered light offsetting to some as typical for printed images of this vintage

often based upon photographs

The New England Almanack

White Cliffs

World Map Mercator's Projection Mts. of Moon Africa 1842 Lapie large folio map World Maps DANS OP O-TAHITIMappe Monde sur la Projection de Mercator. (World Map, Mercator's Projection, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America). Issued 1842, Paris by Lapie. Finely engraved large oversize mid 19th century map with original outline hand color. French text. Vast apocryphal Mts. of the Moon shown cutting across the interior of Africa. Nice looking example, pleasing age patina with a uniform gentle age toning, blank margins with age spotting,