1827 Herisson Large Rare Original Antique Twin Hemisphere World Map, Capt J Cook Europe Miguel Corte-Real

Miguel Corte-Real

At the age of 25 he produced Instructions for collecting and preserving insects

many caught dysentery and typhoid and over thirty died at Batavia or on the return journey home via Cape Town

to work in the studio of Bernini

as well as single plate maps and atlases

1827 Herisson Large Rare Original Antique Twin Hemisphere World Map, Capt J Cook Europe Miguel Corte-RealTitle : La mappe monde ou le globe terrestre, reprsent en deux hemisphres, l'un oriental l'autre occidental, o sont marques les dcouvertes les plus rcentes, faites par Mackenzie, Vancouver, La Prouse, Bruce, Renell, Mungo Park, Joub [sic] Barrow, Franklin et Parry. Dresse par Hrisson, lve de Mr. Bonne Indication des trois voyages de Cook et de celui de La Prouse Paris : chez Basset, 1827 Date : 1827 Size: 31in x 22in (790mm x 560mm) Ref #: 70815