1808 Jean Henri Cless Antique Print of The Cartographer Guillaume Delisle Italy mapped and took possession for

mapped and took possession for Britain of South Georgia

a good son

drawn during a visit by Captain Cook in 1778

Title : Le Royaume d'Angleterre Distingue en Ses Provinces

He is remembered by collectors and historians of cartography for his edition of Ptolemys Geographia (based on Mercators edition of 1578) and for miniature atlases that were reprinted for most of the 17th century

1808 Jean Henri Cless Antique Print of The Cartographer Guillaume Delisle Italy mapped and took possession forTitle : Guillaue De L Isle Geb. zu Paris d. 28 Febr. 1675 gest. ebendas d. 25 Jan 1726 Date : 1808 Size: 7in x 4 1 2in (180mm x 115mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 91417 Description: This original copper plate engraved antique print, a portrait of the famous cartographer Guillaume Delisle, by Jean Henri Cless was published in 1808 in Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i. e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich