HERISSON, Eustache. - Lot 18

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HERISSON, Eustache. - Lot 18
HERISSON, Eustache. The World Map or the Globe... Paris: Basset, 1819. Very large wall map, engraved in black on copper (approx. 117 x 97 cm), mounted on canvas (frame removed; map oxidized; minor, discreet worm damage; a few small holes; traces of thumbtacks in the margins; crease marks). An important wall-mounted world map divided into two hemispheres, showing the routes of Cook’s three voyages and that of La Pérouse. It incorporates the discoveries made by Mackenzie, Vancouver, La Pérouse, Bruce, Rennell, Mungo Park, John Barrow, and Le Vaillant. The world map, or globe, is depicted in two hemispheres: the Eastern and the Western.
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