PCT-58797

Antique Map of the World by Tardieu (c.1780)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Slight discolouration near middle fold. Some minor small crinkles. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: c.1780
  • Overall size: 51.6 x 39.6 cm.
  • Image size: 43 x 31.8 cm.
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.. Antique Map of the World by Tardieu (c.1780)

Description: Antique map titled 'Mappemonde en Deux Hemispheres ou l'on a Indique les Nouvelles Decouvertes' - This handsome double hemisphere map presents a view of the physical world with particularly nice detail of the islands throughout the world. Australia is still oddly shaped with a partially delineated southern coastline. Ter. De Diemen is still connected to Australia, although Bass Strait is shown just south, separating Pte. du Tristan from the mainland. Source unknown, to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Pierre Francois Tardieu' after 'Edme Mentelle'. Pierre François Tardieu (1711 - 1771) was a French engraver and cartographer, nephew of Nicolas-Henri Tardieu. Edme Mentelle (11 October 1730 - 28 April 1816) was a French geographer.