(World) Mappemonde a l'usage du Roy par Guillaume de l'Isle . . Nautical/Sea Charts While to the initial glimpse

While to the initial glimpse this is just an attractive 1850's era map of the US on an odd projection

Shows the natives on horseback driving the goat herds to their new Federal lands that were to be their home

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The engraver has made numerous omissions and has made errors because of his lack of knowledge of English: "no Inhabitants from tience [hence] to the Point of Florida"

From massive telescopes to hand held equipment and tellariums

(World) Mappemonde a l'usage du Roy par Guillaume de l'Isle . . Nautical/Sea Charts While to the initial glimpseMappemonde a l'usage du Roy par Guillaume de l'Isle . . . An attractive and influential world map from one of the leading cartographers of the 18th century. This map closely follows the second state of de lIsle's world map of 1700, with several interesting alterations. In North America, the Missouri has now been named. The Rocky Mountains appear, and the course of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) is shown extending due north through the mountains. In