Original engraved map of Oceania, with Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, colored by hand in period outline. Published by Furne in Paris for the Atlas Universel de Geographie ancienne et moderne of Ambroise Tardieu and Alexandre Vuillemin.
Original engraved map of Oceania, with Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, colored by hand in period outline. Published by Furne in Paris for the Atlas Universel de Geographie ancienne et moderne of Ambroise Tardieu and Alexandre Vuillemin.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored
Artist / after: Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841) and Alexandre Vuillemin
Engraver: Lemercier workshop, Paris
Date: 1874
Source: Atlas Universel de Geographie ancienne et moderne, ed. Furne, Paris
Dimensions: Image 16.9 x 13.4 in (43 x 34 cm); sheet 20.1 x 16.1 in (51 x 41 cm)
Condition: A cut in the lower central margin repaired with adhesive tape. Toning consistent with age and light damp spots visible in the photograph.