1612 Abraham Ortelius Antique Maps of Loire Valley, River & Alliers River France Manuscript rare antique wood-block engraved Japanese

rare antique wood-block engraved Japanese map

showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781 along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga

particularly for the study of ornithology

In 1822-1824

Plate size: - 16 1/2in x 14in (420mm x 355mm)

1612 Abraham Ortelius Antique Maps of Loire Valley, River & Alliers River France Manuscript rare antique wood-block engraved JapaneseTitle : Regionis Biturigum Exactiss Descriptio per D. Ioannem Calamaeum. Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct. [The region of Berry exactly described by Jean Chameau. The topography around of Lyons by Gabriel Symeon] Size: 22in x 18 1 2in (560mm x 470mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1612 Ref #: 50228 Description: This original copper plate engraved hand coloured antique map, the first of the Loire River & Valley and the second of the