1628 Gerard Mercator Antique Map Lotharingia Region - Netherlands Germany France Denmark Cook opened the sealed orders

Cook opened the sealed orders which were additional instructions from the Admiralty for the second part of his voyage: to search the south Pacific for signs of the postulated rich southern continent of Terra Australis

After World War I the book trade enjoyed a time of relative prosperity

A monumental dictionary of trade and commerce

The agencys men and women (women professionals were hired as early as 1845) led scientific and engineering activities through the decades

This large finely engraved and highly detailed original antique map of Italy by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D\'Anville was engraved in 1764 - dated in the tile cartouche - and was published in Jean-Baptiste Bourguinon D\'Anville\'s large elephant folio atlas Atlas Generale

1628 Gerard Mercator Antique Map Lotharingia Region - Netherlands Germany France Denmark Cook opened the sealed ordersTitle : Lotharingia Ducatus Per Geradum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio Size: 21in x 17in (530mm x 430mm) Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Date : 1628 Ref #: 26141 Description: This original copper plate engraved antique map of the historical region of Lotharingia region of present day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, North Rhine Westphalia (Germany), Rhineland Palatinate (Germany), Saarland (Germany), and Lorraine (France) by Gerard Mercator was