1773 - Original antique map titled "L'ANCIEN MONDE ET LE NOUVEAU EN DEUX HEMISPHERES Par M.Bonne".
Size approx 44cm x 25cm including margins.
Vertical fold as issued & very fine condition.
Double hemisphere map of the World, showing the state of discoveries in the latter half of the 18th Century. Tasmania still attached to Australia, no southern continent and no Hawaii. Predates Cooks Voyages, including primitive Northwestern Coastline and hint of Northwest Passage.
£275.00