Melchior Tavernier. Nova totius terrarium orbis. 1643. Napoleon_blast mapmaker and landscape architect

mapmaker and landscape architect

along with the 1826 Tanner Map of Mexico and John Disturnell's Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico

The considerable skill displayed in both his painting technique and compositional arrangement make Closing in an exceptional example of George Frederick Bensell's work

Sheet Dimensions: 9

By drawing so deeply from the knowledge of the indigenous people to the west

Melchior Tavernier. Nova totius terrarium orbis. 1643. Napoleon_blast mapmaker and landscape architectMelchior Tavernier (1564 1644) Nova totius terrarium orbis geographica aehydrographica tabulaCopperplate engraving with original outline color Paris,164316 7 8" x 22 7 8" sheet, 28 1 4" x 34 1 4" framed Melchior Tavernier was from a large family of publishers working in Paris during the early years of the seventeenth century. He is probably best known for his publication of a map of the Post Roads of France which was copied many times until the end of