Amèrique Russe, Nouvelle Bretagne et Groenland.

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Steel Engraving, hand-colored in outline by Vuillemin, A, published 1860 by P. Sarraxin, Paris. Image size: 31.8 x 43,5 cm (12.5 x 17,25 inches). Alexandre Vuillemin (1812–1880) was a French cartographer and geographer who worked in Paris during the mid-19th century. He produced detailed maps for French geographical atlases and publications, known for their careful engraving and incorporation of the latest available geographical data. His map of Russian America, New Britain, and Greenland reflects the European geographical interest in the contested and little-known Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America in the mid-19th century. This antique map of Amèrique Russe, Nouvelle Bretagne et Groenland was published in 1860 by P. Sarraxin, Paris (31.8 x 43,5 cm (12.5 x 17,25 inches).). It is printed as a steel engraving, hand-colored in outline. The map documents the region with careful attention to rivers, settlements, roads, and political boundaries, reflecting the geographical knowledge available at the time of publication and offering an invaluable primary source for historians and collectors of North American antique cartography. In excellent condition.

Vuillemin, A. – Amèrique Russe, Nouvelle Bretagne et Groenland · Antique Map, Steel Engraving · 31.8 x 43,5 cm · P. Sarraxin, Paris 1860

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