World Map in Two Hemispheres 1830 Lapie large folio map Parade Ground 81 [82] pages

81 [82] pages

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World Map in Two Hemispheres 1830 Lapie large folio map Parade Ground 81 [82] pagesMappe Monde. (World Map, Map in Two Hemispheres, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Oceania, North America, South America). Issued 1830, Paris by Lapie. Finely engraved large oversize early 19th century map with original outline hand color. French text. Cutting across the entire center of Africa is the apocryphal Mts. of the Moon mountain chain. Nice looking example, pleasing age patina, blank margins with age spotting, faint minor spotting with map