(Spain) Escurial Rio De Janeiro or on a navigation device

or on a navigation device

A small and uncommon polar projection world map that shows the major contours of the continents and the islands of the world as they were known

and touches on events both ancient and recent

In each panel the composition is fixed looking at the same perspective as new development and change re-makes it again

(Spain) Escurial Rio De Janeiro or on a navigation device(Spain Madrid) Escurial, Mallet, 1683 Alain Mallet was a talented engineer and cartographer who served in several different king's courts, aside from his military experience. This proximity to the crown probably also afforded him insights into geography and frontiers of exploration of the time. In the 1680's he began a several volume project to illustrate and chart both the history and contemporary views of the world and something of its cultures.