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(Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François). "Atlas portatif por servir a l'intelligence ...". Paris: van Harrevelt and Changuion, 1773. 4to. 9, (1) pp., 48 old coloured copperplate maps. Half-leather binding from the time.
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Raynal, Guillaume-Thomas François
Harrevelt & Changuion
Amsterdam
1773
(Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François). "Atlas portatif pour servir à l'intelligence de l'histoire philosophique des etablissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes". Paris: van Harrevelt and Changuion, 1773. 4to. 9, (1) pp., 48 old coloured copperplate maps (32 double-leaf, 8 folded and 8 single-leaf) mostly engraved by J. van der Schley after J. N. Bellin's maps, the world map engraved by A. van Krevelt after his own drawing. Half-leather binding from the time.
Includes maps (among others): The World in Two Hemispheres ('Mappe Monde ou Descriptio du Globe Terrestre'), The Canary Islands ('Carte des Isles Canaries'), China ('l'Empire de la Chine'), Japan ('Carte des Isles du Japon'), The Philippines ('Carte des Philippines Celebes et Moluques'), The Gulf of Mexico and Florida ('Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Islaes de l'Amerique'), Brazil ('Carte du Bresil'), Louisiana ('Carte de la Louisiane et Pays Voisins'), the Great Lakes ('Carte des Lacs du Canada'), the East Coast of the USA ('Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York et Pennsylvania'), North and South Carolina and Georgia ('Carte de la Caroline et Georgie'). - Very well preserved, maps printed on thick paper.