1775 LARGE Antique WORLD MAP Double Hemisphere MAPPA TOTIUS MUNDI Lotter (HM78)

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Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1775 LARGE Antique WORLD MAP Double Hemisphere MAPPA TOTIUS MUNDI Lotter (HM78)Click image to enlargeDescriptionc1750' MAPPA TOTIUS MUNDI Adornata juxta Observationes Dnn Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, secundum annotationes recentissimas Per G.de L;Isle Geographum Parisiis Prostat nune in Officina Tobiae Conradi Lotter'Decorative double hemisphere map of the World, published by TC Lotter in Augsburg in 1775.The map shows an number of early conjectural coastlines, including an incomplete coastline for Australia and New Guinea, New Zealand, the Northwest Coast of America, Northeast Coast of Asia and some interesting conjectural coastal outines in the polar regions. The Sargasso Sea is also shown very prominently. Several apocryphal contacts with Antarctica are also shown, although Lotter does not attempt to tie these possible discoveries to the unknown southern continent.The map is perhaps most noteworthy for the many early routes of exploration shown, including the routes of: Megellan 1520and#8203; - Gaetani 1542 - Mendana Gallego 1568 - Le Maire 1570 - Mendana Quria 1595 - Noord 1600 - Schouten 1616 - Tasman 1642 - Dampier 1686.Approx 64cm x 53cm including margins with centralfold as issued. Combination of original hand colour and additional later colour (cartouche). Blank on verso. Excellent condition with some tone spots to the margins and across the hemispheres and the left right margins tight but clear, perfect for mounting and framing.Tobias Conrad LOTTER (1717-1777) was a German engraver and publisher from Augsburg. He worked with his father-in-law, Georg Matthaeus Seutter who he succeeded him in 1756. After inheriting half the copper plates from Seutter, he set up his own publishing house in 1758. He was succeeded by his brother Andreas, his sons Matthaeus Albrecht, Georg Friedrich the elder and Gustav Conrad, and his grandsons Gabriel and Georg Friedrich the youngerShipping View Our Categories Decorative Prints World Wide Maps Scotland Maps Architecture Design England Maps Royalty About UsWe specialise in selling all items that can be considered to be Antique Paper. * PRINTS * MAPS * HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS * POSTAL HISTORY * BOOKS * POSTERS * STAMPS * POSTCARDS * EPHEMERA And anything else that is considered Antique and made of Paper. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - NOT MODERN COPIES. We are also very keen buyers of anything similar and especially after better collections, original archives, whole libraries and better single items and have and#163;250,000 in cash funds at anyone time to buy the right items. Contact UsIf you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us through the eBay messaging system. Feedback We will always help you to have a 100% positive happy buying experience. Contact us if you are unhappy about any aspect of your purchase from us. We only want five star feedback from you so buy with confidence. Seller Inventory # 233877584394_946df714-405f

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