Eight engraved coastal elevation views of the North West Coast of America explored by Jean François Galaup de La Pérouse in his frigates the Boussole & Astrolabe in 1786
Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la Marine: et par M
" Below the seals are two cornucopias or horns of plenty
This very large map on two joined pages is drawn on the polyconic projection
with only some wear and small tears along the bottom edge
Carta Corografica della Divisione di Alessandria Illinois Eight engraved coastal elevation viewsThis is an exceptional example of a dissected map on linen, of the province and divisions of Alessandria, Italy. This map is dedicated to the King of Sardinia of Cyprus of Jerusalem (Carlo Alberto, 1798 1849), revised in the year 1850. The map has 6 inset maps of cities in the province: Casale, Voghera, Acqui, Asti, Tortona, and Alessandria. The map shows great detail of roads, railroads, waterways, places, towns, borders, and relief shown by hachures.