World Map Mercator's Projection Mts. of Moon Africa 1842 Lapie large folio map World Maps 25 1/2" x 17"

25 1/2" x 17"

Great image

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World Map Mercator's Projection Mts. of Moon Africa 1842 Lapie large folio map World Maps 25 1/2" x 17"Mappe Monde sur la Projection de Mercator. (World Map, Mercator's Projection, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America). Issued 1842, Paris by Lapie. Finely engraved large oversize mid 19th century map with original outline hand color. French text. Vast apocryphal Mts. of the Moon shown cutting across the interior of Africa. Nice looking example, pleasing age patina with a uniform gentle age toning, blank margins with age spotting,