Atlas Universel - Oceania

Maps from "Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Mineralogique", dresse par Ph. Vandermaelen - Premiere partie - Europe. Bruxelles. [This landmark atlas is remarkable as the first atlas to have been produced using the then new printing process of lithography. It is also the first atlas to show the whole world in maps using a large uniform scale; in total the 380 conically projected sheets of maps are designed to be joined into a three dimensional terrestrial globe with a diameter of approximately 7.75 metres (25 feet).] (1827)

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