Copper engraved, hand colored, map of Northern Hemisphere with a focus on North America, routes of the explorers, the colonies, cities therein, as well as the Arctic and the Northwest passage. Atlas map removed from source: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier. [Recueil de 10 cartes...traitant particulierement de l'Amerique du Nord et des regions arctiques, d'apres les relations les plus authentiques depuis le commencement du 17 siecle, reproduites ... Livourne, 1779. "Suppl. Carte 10" above top right border. "Plate I" in pencil on map. Prepared by Didier Robert de Vaugondy for Diderot's Suite du recueil des planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. Prime meridian: Isle de Fer. Watermark in each half.
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Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786 and Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
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