Antique Map 

Oceanique PARTIE DE L'ARCHIPEL DES ILES BASSES No.48

by Phillipe Vandermaelen

Published Brussels 1827 in "Atlas Universel"

An interesting large format chart of part of the Bass Islands of French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Individual islands are named together with the date of discovery including I.Carisfort 1791, I.Lagoon 1792, I.Gloucester 1769, I.Egmont 1769, I.Margaret 1803, I.St.Elmo 1606 and many more.

An early lithographed map with attractive hand colouring and inset descriptive text about the Iles des Amis or Friendly Islands in French.

Fine unmarked condition. Centre fold as issued, printed on heavy grade wove paper, blank verso.

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Approx. 20" x 18" (510 mm x 470mm) map area only, with good margins beyond. 

Phillipe Vandermaelen (1795 -1869) was a Belgian cartographer of some note and he published the large scale six volume Atlas Universel in 1827. It was the first atlas to employ the recently invented process of lithography and its folio maps display the whole world on the same massive scale of approx 26 miles to an inch in a conical projection.

A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP GUARANTEED OVER 180 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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