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Stock# 57237
Description
Rare decorative world map, published at the beginning of the 19th Century.
The map illustrates the world shortly after the voyages of Captain James Cook, George Vancouver and Matthew Flinders.
The most noteworthy feature of the map is the remarkable set of costumed figures ringing the map. Among the more fascinating are figures for:
- Iles Manillles
- Chine Cavalier
- Iceland
- Nigritie Feloups
- Desert du Shara Maure (Moor)
- Cafre
- Hottentots
- Terre de Feu (Tierre del Fuego)
- Iroquois
- Nouvelle Hollande
- Kamtschatka
![[Pacific Ocean Centric World Map] Mappe-Monde Sur la Projection de Mercator Carte Encyprotype Dediée et Présentée à Monsieur](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/69294.jpg)
![Western Hemisphere | Eastern Hemisphere [2 sheets]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/85676.jpg)