Didier Robert DE VAUGONDY. Globe Terrestre; Globe Celeste. Paris, Terrestrial 1773; Celestial c. 1764 1016-B " and he took some

" and he took some pride in being a factor in that continuing popularity

29 x 21 inches sheet

[they] contained a great deal of new information

His inquiries in New Orleans caused him to respond with regret that “there are I believe (no maps of Louisiana) extant that can be depended upon …”

where the map incorporates information from the highly important survey by Colonel John Barnwell

Didier Robert DE VAUGONDY. Globe Terrestre; Globe Celeste. Paris, Terrestrial 1773; Celestial c. 1764 1016-B " and he took someA pair of Louis XV terrestrial and celestial library globes on green painted and parcel gilt stands. Each globe made up of two pairs of hand colored engraved gores, each with polar calottes. Brass hour circles, the terrestrial mounted on the meridian with its pointer arm, and with the celestial mounted below the meridian without the pointer, brass meridians graduated on one face. Hexagonal horizon bars with original papers, supported by a curved four