Historic Map : Vaugondy, Diderot Map of Alaska, The Pacific Northwest & The Northwest Passage , 1772, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in A large decorative title cartouche

A large decorative title cartouche showing dramatic mountains

the plates for which Wyld acquired upon Faden's death in 1836

A highly decorative 1920 map of Rome by Augusto Trabacchi

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Historic Map : Vaugondy, Diderot Map of Alaska, The Pacific Northwest & The Northwest Passage , 1772, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in A large decorative title cartoucheA truly fascinating 1772 map of the northwestern parts of North America by Robert de Vaugondy. Essentially depicts the north eastern parts of Asia, speculations on northwestern America and Admiral De Fonte's mythical conception of a Northwest Passage. Heavily based upon earlier work by Thomas Jefferys, Thomas Swaine Drage, Gerhard Muller, and James De Lisle. Vaugondy prepared this map prior to the voyages of James Cook to this region. Around this time