Carte speciale, historique et geographique de la Republique des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique du nord. Grave par Kardt. Ecrite par Hacq. (to accompany) Atlas historique, genealogique, chronologique et geographique de A. LeSage (Comte de Las Cases). Nouvelle edition ou Reimpression (1829).
Hand colored map of the United States, with textual details and tables pertaining to the area on exploration, history, and discoveries at the time. Includes notes throughout the map. Shows eastern United States, Florida Territory, and western territories to the Pacific coast as the Missouri, Arkansa...
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| Summary: | Hand colored map of the United States, with textual details and tables pertaining to the area on exploration, history, and discoveries at the time. Includes notes throughout the map. Shows eastern United States, Florida Territory, and western territories to the Pacific coast as the Missouri, Arkansas, and Northwest Territories; the Republique du Mexique inclusive of [modern-day] Texas; areas of Native American habitation, treaty boundaries, and major cities. Relief shown by hachures and shadings. Prime meridian are Paris and Washington. New edition historical atlas with 36 double folded leaves, introduction with listing of all tables, double-page hand colored tables, index, text, charts and hand colored maps. Including maps of North and South America and the United States. Mappe-monde showing the voyages of the great navigators. Atlas exhibiting all the royal families in Europe, their origin, descent, marriages, together with the various possessions, foreign wars, civil commotion, famous battles, religious troubles, minorities, titles, orders, courts of law, and remarkable events of each kingdom. Bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering and ornament, with printed paper label on the front cover "Atlas historique de A. Lesage". The Comte de Las Cases first published his historical, genealogical, chronological and geographical atlas in 1802, under the pseudonym A. Lesage. It proved to be an immensely popular publication, and was subsequently issued in numerous editions across several decad |
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