Carte Generale Du Monde Connu Des Anciens 1812 and Vicinity

and Vicinity

Prussia and Saxony

Attractively hand colored it shows old divisions throughout with the Turkish Empire still holding much land from Egypt to present day Iraq (here reaching into Syria and called "Bagdad")

The City of Durango

A fine example of the caliber of cartography that the French were producing in the 19th century

Carte Generale Du Monde Connu Des Anciens 1812 and VicinityCarte Generale Du Monde Connu Des Anciens A fine example of the caliber of cartography that the French were producing in the 19th century. Beautiful sharp engravings on fine quality paper, this complimented by a bit of hand color, they are attractive maps, with decorative written titles and this map has endured very well. From a set that studies both ancient and recent history, this map is an interesting study done by Brue. This map for World shows