WORLD ON MERCATOR'S PROJECTION: Antique map. SDUK, 1848


Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by J & C Walker. Provenance: "Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge", published by Charles Knight, 90 Fleet Street, London, under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Type: Antique steel engraved map. Originally printed on two separate large overlapping sheets which have been joined to form a single map, as intended by the publishers.


Size: 8000px × 4900px
Location: World
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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