Terrestrial Globe - Robert De Vaugondy 1752

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) He was one of the main cartographers of France. Map size: 73x50cm Frame size: 103x80cm Globe. Dated 1752 Orbis vetus in utrâque continente: juxtà mentem Sansonianam distinctus, nec non observationibus astronomicis redatus. The map shows the geography of the mid-18th century and the main cities of four known continents and parts of two incomplete continents [Australia and North America unmarked]. The western hemisphere is called "Atlantis Insula" and the southeastern coast of Australia is shown as comprising island areas actually to the north.