Brussels 1825. Sheet size: approx. 54x72cm. -- Original handcolored lithographic map from Vandermaelen's folio-size world atlas. It is the first atlas produced by the then new printing process of lithography and the first to show the whole world in maps using a large scale resulting in the most detailed maps at the time. -- Large map of the western part of Ontario. Includes, among others, Hudson Bay and Lake Superior, while being centered on the Albany river. Includes various French forts, as well as Native American tribes in the area. -- somewhat browned, otherwise in very good condition. | | Original lithographed, hand-colored map from Vandermaelen's World Atlas from 1827. It is the first atlas to be produced using the then-novel process of lithography. -- slightly browned, otherwise i.
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