Mappe-Monde: Brue, 1816

Title: Mappe-Monde en deux Hemisphere Author: Adrien-Hubert Brue Date: 1816 Condition: See description Inches: 26 3/4 x 15 1/4 [Platemark] Centimeters: 67.94 x 38.73 [Platemark] Product ID: 308286 Scarce World Map on Mercator’s Projection This detailed double hemisphere world map is from Brué’s Grand Atlas Universel, published in Paris by Desray and Goujon 1816.  Large, hand-colored engraved map, French toponyms.  With suspect topographic detail in North America, disregarding the map of Lewis and Clark published only three years earlier.  Shows only a handful of cities in the interior of western North America including Santa Fe and New Orleans.  Although political boundaries are not indicated, the map appears to limit the United States to east of the Mississippi, shows the Louisiana Purchase as simply LOUISIANE.  The map is notable for its detailed depiction of the world, including regions like Australia, where it shows the southern coast in detail, as well as the Pacif