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The World. According to the latest Discoveries.

  • ARTIST:

  • MEDIUM: Engraving, hand colored,

    DATE: c. 1770.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 5/8 x 14 5/8" (193 x 370 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Anonymous double-hemispheric world map decorated with allegorical figures representing the seasons in the corners. In North America, Alaska is indicated by a separate island labeled "Land discovered 1741". The continental eastern seaboard carries the designation British Empire, wth individual colonies named.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save reinforced original folds; modern hand color

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps

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