C1860

Tableau Comaratif de L’Etat des Connaissances Geographiques

Mapmaker:

$A 475

Fine large scale world map on Mercator’s Projection of the comparative Table State of Geographic Knowledge by F.A. Garnier. From; Garnier’s, Atlas spheroidal et universel de geographie dresse a l’aide des documents officiels, recemment publies en France et a l’etranger … Read Full Description

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S/N: ASEU-WM-005–387481

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Full Title:

Tableau Comaratif de L’Etat des Connaissances Geographiques

Date:

C1860

Mapmaker:

F.A. Garnier (1803 - 1863)

Condition:

In good condition, with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

710mm

x 530mm

Paper Size:

805mm

x 595mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1860

Description:

Fine large scale world map on Mercator’s Projection of the comparative Table State of Geographic Knowledge by F.A. Garnier.

From; Garnier’s, Atlas spheroidal et universel de geographie dresse a l’aide des documents officiels, recemment publies en France et a l’etranger par M.F.A. Garnier. Paris.

Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 5023.000

F.A. Garnier (1803 - 1863)

Garnier was a French cartographer who produced this very exceptional atlas of "spheroidal" maps of the globe which depict the various continents and poles, shaded and coloured to give the effect of floating spheres.

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