Historic Map : Vuillemin Case Map of The World on Mercator's Projection, 1857, Vintage Wall Art Maps in Persian Also includ

Also includ

some Esquimaux (Eskimos) and a view of Boston

This map is brightly colored in pastels to further illustrate the various divisions

Essentially two maps on one sheet

Historic Map : Vuillemin Case Map of The World on Mercator's Projection, 1857, Vintage Wall Art Maps in Persian Also includThis is a rare and magnificent 1857 case map of the world on Mercator's projection by French cartographer Alexandre Vuillemin. Depicts the world in extraordinary detail with numerous decorative embellishments and prolific notations. Map offers nothing short of 11 decorative vignettes ranging from whaling ships at sea, to Eskimos hunting in the arctic, to armies of horsemen battling across the Sahara. In the American Northwest, some of Louis and Clarks