Historic Map : Lattre and Janvier Map of The World on a Hemisphere Projection, 1775, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in evolving into the Byzantine empire

evolving into the Byzantine empire

Offers little inland detail with regard to China itself

Northern Africa

Braun and Hogenberg

Nautical Chart Mathurin Bay

Historic Map : Lattre and Janvier Map of The World on a Hemisphere Projection, 1775, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in evolving into the Byzantine empireA beautiful and impressive map of the world drawn by Jean Janvier in 1775. Depicts the entire world on a double hemisphere projection. North America appears with a fair approximation of accuracy though the western and northwestern regions remain either blank or entirely speculative. Alaska is entirely absent, but the Aleutian archipelago does appear in an embryonic form. By contrast the northeast parts of Asia, which had recently been explored by