Two sheets, colour engraved map, 47 x 59 cms. Echelle. Milles Communes de Turquie, 800[=110 mm.]; Lieues Marines de 20 par degre, 200 [=120 mm]. Lieues Communes de France 25 par degre, 250 [=120 mm.], Par Guillaume Delisle de L’Academie Royale des Sciences , Chez l’Auteur sur le Qai de l’Horloge a L’Aigle d’Or, avec privilege pour 20 Ans. Nov. 1780.

Synopsis

Guillaume Delisle ( 1675-1726), a leading French cartographer who published his first atlas at the age of 25, dominated French map production from 1700 until his death in 1762. He appeared as the model of serene scientific methods in the world of French cartography. This map gives the same shape of Arabia as the 1701 map with a little extra detail. Large scale.
From: Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde. [Tibbetts 199, different date].