Nouveau planisphere indiquant les grandes divisions physiques et politiques.
"A beautiful and very rare wall map of the world drawn on Mercator's projection by the geographer Alexandre Vuillemin, engraved in color by Langevin and published by the widow of Louis Turgis in Paris in 1854. It is decorated with six vignettes depicting fishing scenes: sperm whale fishing...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~331176~90099675 2024-09-15T18:01:30+00:00 Nouveau planisphere indiquant les grandes divisions physiques et politiques. Vuillemin, Alexandre World 1854 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 67 88 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~331176~90099675 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/190/10728000.jpg unknown Turgis Paris New York 10728.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~331176~90099675 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/190/10728000.jpg Mountains Rivers Separate Map 1854 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-08-09T09:16:29Z "A beautiful and very rare wall map of the world drawn on Mercator's projection by the geographer Alexandre Vuillemin, engraved in color by Langevin and published by the widow of Louis Turgis in Paris in 1854. It is decorated with six vignettes depicting fishing scenes: sperm whale fishing south of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), whale fishing, a boat attacked by polar bears and a vessel caught in the ices in the Arctic, herring fishing off the British Isles, and cod fishing in Newfoundland. The lower part of the map is illustrated with three large vignettes showing a profile of the height of the main mountains and cities of America from Cape Horn to Cape Farewell (Greenland), a profile of the height of the main mountains and cities of Europe and Africa from North Cape (Norway) to the Cape of Good Hope, and a table showing the geographical distribution of human races. The map also shows the possessions or trading posts belonging to France, England, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Denmark, Holland and the United States." (Begonia Le Bail, 2021) Map Cape Farewell Greenland Newfoundland North Cape Sperm whale David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) |
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"A beautiful and very rare wall map of the world drawn on Mercator's projection by the geographer Alexandre Vuillemin, engraved in color by Langevin and published by the widow of Louis Turgis in Paris in 1854. It is decorated with six vignettes depicting fishing scenes: sperm whale fishing south of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), whale fishing, a boat attacked by polar bears and a vessel caught in the ices in the Arctic, herring fishing off the British Isles, and cod fishing in Newfoundland. The lower part of the map is illustrated with three large vignettes showing a profile of the height of the main mountains and cities of America from Cape Horn to Cape Farewell (Greenland), a profile of the height of the main mountains and cities of Europe and Africa from North Cape (Norway) to the Cape of Good Hope, and a table showing the geographical distribution of human races. The map also shows the possessions or trading posts belonging to France, England, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Denmark, Holland and the United States." (Begonia Le Bail, 2021) |
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Nouveau planisphere indiquant les grandes divisions physiques et politiques. |
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Nouveau planisphere indiquant les grandes divisions physiques et politiques. |
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Nouveau planisphere indiquant les grandes divisions physiques et politiques. |
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nouveau planisphere indiquant les grandes divisions physiques et politiques. |
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