Two maps on one sheet. Hhand colored engraved lithograph, depicting the world as known to the Ancients on Mercator's projection and the Posterity of Noah. The first showns the Empires of Ninus and Semaris, Sesostria, Nebuchadnezar, Cyrus, Alexander and Augustus. The second shows the diffusion of Noah's sons, etc. Detailed text explanation below. From a Philadelphia edition of Lavoisne's Atlas.
Artists and Engravers: Published by M. Carey & Son, Philadelphia.
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