A PHYSICAL PLANISPHERE WHEREIN ARE REPRESENTED ALL THE KNOWN LANDS AND SEAS WTH. THE GREAT CHAINS OF MOUNTAINS W.CH TRAVERSE THE GLOBE FROM THE NORTH POLE ADAPTED TO MONS. BUACHE'S MEMOIRE READ AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

by Cole, Benjamin

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London: : Gentleman's Magazine,, 1757. 12" x 11-1/2"- 30.4 x 29.2 cm. Copper engraved map. A few creases and one closed tear to left margin otherwise fine. The map is after Phillipe Buache's north polar projection. Buache, who worked for his father in law De l'Isle, theorized that the mountain ranges of the world continued as chains under the oceans.