Item #M5521 Carte Magnetique des Deux Hemispheres. La Perouse, Buffon.

Carte Magnetique des Deux Hemispheres

Paris: 1788. Notes: "Double hemispherical world map with each hemisphere shown on polar projection. Plate probably accompanied: Histoire naturelle, generale et particulare / George Louis Leclerc Buffon. Paris, 1749-1804. Plate "No. 8" of an 8 sheet map which was probably compiled from the reports of La Perouse’s last voyage in the Pacific and is by Jean-Charles Borda." (National Library of Australia Digital Collection map-rm3253), Size : 480x940 (mm), 18.875x37 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: ; Maps Polar Antarctic Regions; Maps Polar Arctic Regions. Very Good, folding map flattened and folds reinforced, laid on acid free canvas for long term preservation. Item #M5521

Notes: "Double hemispherical world map with each hemisphere shown on polar projection. Plate probably accompanied: Histoire naturelle, generale et particulare / George Louis Leclerc Buffon. Paris, 1749-1804. Plate "No. 8" of an 8 sheet map which was probably compiled from the reports of La Perouse’s last voyage in the Pacific and is by Jean-Charles Borda." (National Library of Australia Digital Collection map-rm3253), Size : 480x940 (mm), 18.875x37 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: ; Maps Polar Antarctic Regions; Maps Polar Arctic Regions.

Price: $875.00

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