[Double Hemisphere World Map] Die Erde in Zwey Halbkugeln de MANNERT, Conrad von (1756-1834) - 1839

Nuremberg: Christoph Fembo, 1839. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour. Good condition, trimmed within platemark on the top and sides, neat line intact. A very attractive and finely colored twin-hemisphere map of the world This very finely engraved map portrays the world on a bi-hemispheric projection. It evinces the great cartographic tradItion of Nuremberg, where it was devised by Professor Conrad Mannert. It depicts the globe during the height of European imperial expansion. Various possessions of the colonial hegemons are labelled, especially with regards to the British domains in the Americas. Geographically, the world has a form quite familiar to the modern eye, save the curious exception of the Canadian Arctic, which is largely shown to be an enigma.