1752 – L. Euler – Mappa Mundi Generalis

Title:                      “Mappa Mundi Generalis ad emendatiora exempla adhuc edita jussu Acad: Reg: scient: et eleg: litt Boruss descripta.”​
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Description:

Decorative map of the World on Mercator’s Projection, prepared for the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. In North America the Northwest coast is blank and a river provides passage between the Great Lakes and the Pacific. Incomplete projections of Australia and New Zealand. Stamped with the Prussian tax, privilege stamp.

Comes from Leonhard Euler’s atlas, one of the first German atlases intended for use in schools “Geographischer Atlas bestehend in 44. Land-Charten …“, engraved by Nikolaus Friedrich Sauerbrey, published in Berlin, 1752.

Cartographer:    Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)
Sheet size:             42,6 x 34,8 cm
Year:                       1752
Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Good condition. Contemporary hand coloring. Watermarked paper.
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This is an original antique map published in 1752  and NOT a modern copy or reprint