1825 Philippe Vandermaelen Large Antique Map of The Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea Captain James Cook was commissioned

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1825 Philippe Vandermaelen Large Antique Map of The Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea Captain James Cook was commissionedTitle : Oceanique. Partie Des Iles Salomon Ref #: 17003 Size: 28 1 2in x 21in (725mm x 550mm) Date : 1825 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This very large original hand coloured antique lithograph map of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific was published by Philippe Vandermaelen in his revolutionary 1825 Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique. Until the publication of this atlas, large detailed