Philippe de Prétot’s Map of Ancient Asia Publisher(s)_Daniel van Gaasbeeck(1st work)

Philippe de Prétot’s Map of Ancient Asia Publisher(s)_Daniel van Gaasbeeck(1st work)Asia veteribus nota. LAsie ancienne, dirige par M. Philippe This is a map of Asia as it was understood in the Greco Roman world in classical antiquity; subsequent European discoveries are shown in outline. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, engraved by Moithy after Herault, black and white, blank verso.

occasional annotations in an early hand in the second

including the postal delivery zones and new postcodes

old ink stamp to upper margin

Editèe par Lèmèrey et E

This is a French chart of Akkeshi Bay

marbled edges

folding into stiff card covers

la géographie moderne et les cartes relatives à la géographie physique’

as distributed to passengers

probably a companion map to Howgego 361 (3)

some spotting

As can be seen on the map