Mappemonde en Deux Hémisphères, Offrant un Tableau des Principales
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A dramatic separately-published French 1826 double-hemisphere map of the world by L. M. Berthe and A. R. Fremin. The map includes a bizzare and ephemeral treatment of the Pacific Northwest integrating the fictional discoveries of Maldonado (Kiteguen and Kioumi) and de Fonte (Valasco). It is further striking for its comparative Mountains chart at bottom center. <hr>Struggling with the Pacific Northwest - StillDespite the remarkable explorations of Cook, Vancouver, La Perouse, and Parry - and the many accurate maps they produced, the American Arctic, particularly the Pacific Northwest, remained an intractable mystery to cartographers. Here, factual discoveries struggle for reconciliation with debunked legends and the persistent hope for a practical northwest passage.An Inland River RouteThe Great Slave Lake, discovered by Samuel Hearne in 1771, and visited again by John Franklin in 1823, is here connected via the Chesterfield Inlet to the Hudson Bay on the east, to the Arctic Ocean via the factual Mackenzie River, and to the Pacivia via the fictional
Globe terrestre 30 cm style antique lumineux textes en français
Représenter et découper le monde : dépasser la limite Nord-Sud
La représentation du monde
La ligne Nord-Sud, permanence d'un clivage ancien et durable
World map, double hemisphere by Pierre Grégoire Chanlaire
Map, World, Double Hemisphere, Mappemonde en Deux Hemispheres
Tableau carte du monde graphique
Tableau Sphéroïdal de la Terre ou Mappemonde en deux Hémisphères., Grande épreuve originale réalisée en 1860. Garnier F.A cartographe., Très belle
Mappemonde ancienne en deux hémisphères
Lot 368: Mappe-Monde en Deux Hemispheres, Poirson/Fremin, 1821
