Atlas zum Handgebrauche für die gesammte Erdbeschreibung in 116 Karten gezeichnet von Hauptmann radefeld und Prem....

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Title, 115 engraved maps (hand colored in outline) and index. The atlas comprises 103 fine engraved maps, mainly all of them are hand colored in outline and twelve engraved plates with 24 uncolored city plans, engraved in round. of VIII, 382 pp. and a Paris, Dentu, 1802, in-8, from VIII, 382 pp. and a folding map, blue cardboard from the Bradel era, First edition published when Louisiana was sold to France, it contains a long and interesting history as well as the vocabularies of the Dakota and Chippeway Indians. The work contains interesting details on the nature of the soil, the productions of trade and industry of the country, it traces the wars of the French against the English and the natives. Baudry des Lozières analyzes with finesse and precision the historical and current circumstances of Louisiana; it expands on its resources in wheat, wine, vegetables and game as well as on ornithology, ichthyology and entomology; he describes the culture of tobacco and the habits of the Louisiana people. The map engraved out of text by L. Collin goes from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.