1708 Delisle & Mortier Large 1st edition Antique Map of North America - Landmark Map Papua New Guinea There were also frequent attacks

There were also frequent attacks from bandits and highwaymen

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 - 1852) - younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute - engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature(1782-1832) by the French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke

Size: 14in x 10in (355mm x 255mm)

the county of Anjou was a prominent fief of the French crown

1708 Delisle & Mortier Large 1st edition Antique Map of North America - Landmark Map Papua New Guinea There were also frequent attacksTitle : L Amerique Septentrionale dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. De L Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, par N. Sanson, Amsterdam, Size: 23 1 2in x 19in (595mm x 485mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1708 (1st ed) Ref #: 93008 Description: This is without doubt one of the most important foundation maps, of North America, published in the early to mid 18th century. A large 1st edition, original hand coloured copper plate