Price: £1,350.00
Title: World and 5 Continents Publication: 'Allgemeiner Hand=Atlas zum Gebrauch für die Jugend in hohern und niedern Schulen, fur Kaufleute und zeitungsleser...': Publisher Joseph Dirwaldt, Vienna 1818. WeltKarte, Europa (after the Congress of Vienna, ending the Napoleonic Wars, Poland disappeared of the map for 100 years), Asien (extending from the Near East eastward to include all of the East Indies, Philippines, and Japan), Africa (central and southern part of the Continent is empty of detail), America (shows the USA after the Louisiana purchase (1804) and shows the Oregon Territory as part of the States although Spain ceded its claims to the territory only in 1819), Australien (divided between New Holland and New South Wales). Scarce. Condition: AA, small centerfold hole. As usual the pages has been trimmed to fit the atlas so margins are tight.