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Creator: Duplessy, A.
Title: Globe plat ou mappe-monde d'une projection nouvelle [cartographic material] : d'edi'ee et pr'esent'ee a S.A.S. Mgr. Le Pce. de Conti / par son tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur A. Duplessy.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:65,000,000]
Publisher: Paris : chez l'Auteur `a l'entr'ee du Pont Notre Dame, pr`es le Quay de G`evres au Bureau du Tabac d'Espagne, `a la civette couronn'ee, [1780?]
Date: 1780
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 31.4 cm. diam., on sheet 51.4 x 34.5 cm.
Notes: World map using a new projection depicting a flat world in one hemisphere, encircled with a time clock.

Includes astronomical objects, two armillary spheres and northern and southern declinations of the sun.

Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3803
Subjects: World maps -- Early works to 1800.
World -- [1780?] -- Maps.
Call Number: MAP RM 3803
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3803