This map, published by Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen, was part of his Atlas Universel by Géographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Minéralogique of 1827. Atlas Universel was the first atlas of the world produced on a uniform scale and in full form by lithography, a printing technique developed at the end of the eighteenth century by Aloys Senefelder. The 380 sheets that compose it were designed to be able to assemble and form a…
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This map, published by Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen, was part of his Atlas Universel by Géographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Minéralogique of 1827. Atlas Universel was the first atlas of the world produced on a uniform scale and in full form by lithography, a printing technique developed at the end of the eighteenth century by Aloys Senefelder. The 380 sheets that compose it were designed to be able to assemble and form a…