1708 Delisle & Mortier Large 1st edition Antique Map of North America - Landmark Map Papua New Guinea This fine original copper-plate engraved

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 - 1852) - younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute - engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature(1782-1832) by the French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke

Ref #: 70038

during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian era

leadership in the production of land atlases passed into the hands of the more scientific French cartographers who

Size: 14in x 10in (355mm x 255mm)

1708 Delisle & Mortier Large 1st edition Antique Map of North America - Landmark Map Papua New Guinea This fine original copper-plate engravedTitle : L Amerique Septentrionale dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. De L Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, par N. Sanson, Amsterdam, Size: 23 1 2in x 19in (595mm x 485mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1708 (1st ed) Ref #: 93008 Description: This is without doubt one of the most important foundation maps, of North America, published in the early to mid 18th century. A large 1st edition, original hand coloured copper plate