Historic Map : Delamarche Map of Australia and Polynesia, 1850, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in This fascinating hand colored map

This fascinating hand colored map depicts Asia at the end of the 17th century

This wonderful map was produced during a period of rapid westward expansion toward the Mississippi River and attempts address a general fascination with this largely unexplored territory

and Nantucket

eventually led to the '54-40 or Fight' dispute between the United States and Britain

Imperial China wilted under the weak Qing Dynasty while the Russia attained the height of its pan-continental expansion

Historic Map : Delamarche Map of Australia and Polynesia, 1850, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in This fascinating hand colored mapThis is a beautiful example of Alexandre Delamarche's 1850 map of Australia and Polynesia. It covers Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Malaysia. The Hawaiian archipelago is identified as the Sandwich Islands. Two inset maps in the lower right quadrant detail the Tahiti group and the Marquesas Islands. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers, mountain passes and an assortment of additional topographical