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Fine woodcut world map on an oval projection
It is particularly attached to the vicinity of cascades and falls
and detail of French cartography was unrivaled in this period
Audubon devoted his life to realizing his dream of identifying and depicting the birds of North America
one of the period’s outstanding cartographic achievements
GERARD MERCATOR, Asia ex magna orbis terre etc., Amsterdam, 1630. bibliophilic-essay-11 Fine woodcut world map onGerard Mercator Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris Desumpta studio et industria G. M. Iumioris Amsterdam, 1630 14 7 8 x 18 3 8 in. Mercator's map of Asia, in old color, showing the continent in detail and offering a fascinating cartographic snapshot of late sixteenth century geographic thought. The centrality of the continent is emphasized in the maps composition; parts of Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia are all