Creator Janvier Jean Denis Paris

Date 1762

A French world map, providing a snap shot of the world known to Europeans in 1762 prior to Cooks voyage to confirm the east coast of New Holland. Fine neoclassical entablature from the period of Louis Sixteenth. From: Atlas Geographique contenant la Mappemonde et les quatre parties, avec les differents Etats, avec apprpbation & privilage du Roy MDCC.LXIII. A Paris,

Source: National Library of Australia