The Arctic

1683
By Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706).

Published in Paris.

Hand coloured copperplate engraving from the book ‘Description de L'Univers’, published in Paris.
Mallet was a French cartographer and engineer. He was a Sergeant-Major in the artillery and later Inspector of Fortifications in the army of Louis XIV. Upon retirement from the military he became a cartographer.

120mm x 182mm excluding mountboard

R1,250