Eastern Hemisphere Africa Asia Europe Indonesia Australia 1719 Mallet map

Carte Generale.

(Old Prints, Mallet Prints, World Maps, Eastern Hemisphere, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Indonesia).

Issued 1719, Frankfurt, for A.M. Mallet. 

Charming 18th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color.

An apocryphal southern continent shown across the southern hemisphere, Korea is seen as an island. New Guinea joined to the northern coast of Australia at lower right.

The image has a near folk-art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this reason.

Mostly clean and well preserved example, the image displays a pleasing age patina.

Sheet measures c. 7 7/8" H x 5 7/8" W.

Printed area measures c. 5 1/2" H x 4" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 3, pp. 196.

[B12486].