1820 Pierre Francois Tardieu Large Rare Antique Map of Texas, Mexico - Southern Sheet Korea This original hand coloured copper

This original hand coloured copper plate engraved antique county map & views of Monmouth Shire and Monmouth City by John Speed was published in the 1676 Bassett & Chiswell edition of Speeds famous atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine

Mallet places an interesting reference at the entrance of the Gulf of Carpentaria

The projection (and indeed Ortelius maps) were widely copied by other mapmakers such as Giovanni Pietro Maffei

Willem Blaeu also purchased this copper-plate from the Hondius plate stock in 1629 and was published in many future Blaeu atlases

Size: 23in x 18 1/2in (585mm x 480mm)

1820 Pierre Francois Tardieu Large Rare Antique Map of Texas, Mexico - Southern Sheet Korea This original hand coloured copperTitle: A Map of Louisiana and Mexico Carte de la Louisiane et du Mexique, Dressee par P Tardieu fils aine, gravee par PAF Tardieu pere. Paris 1820. Sizes: 36in x 24in (910mm x 610mm) Condition: (A) Good Condition Date: 1820 Ref #: 93009 Description: This rare, original large hand coloured, antique copper plate engraved map of Texas, SW America & Mexico (sheet 2 of 2 southern portion) by Pierre Francois Tardieu and Charles Picquet (1771 1827) was