Geography: Key Milestones in Cartography History

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By DUSSIEUX (Louis-Etienne). A five-volume collection of documents supplementing geographical studies, published in Paris by Victor Lecoffre between 1882 and 1883. Format: 5 volumes, 12mo, cardboard binding (worn but interior pages well preserved). Complete series covering geographical discoveries and resulting cartography, parallel to the author’s earlier work 'Grands faits de l'histoire de France' (1860-1861). Louis-Etienne Dussieux (1815-1894), a renowned popularizer, offers meticulously researched insights into the history of geography. Volume I: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (VII-420 pp.). Volumes II-III: 15th and 16th centuries (407 and 444 pp.). Volume IV: 17th century (416 pp.). Volume V: 18th and 19th centuries (491 pp.).