ALEXANDRI MAGNI IMPERIUM ET EXPEDITIO. Tabula conspectu. exhibens Regionum omnium quas Alexander, Dario & Regibus Indorum bellum illaturas peragravit, hodiernis locoru. nominib. illustrata. In usum studiorum Christianissimi Francorum Regis elaborata, a Gu

The map represents the theatre of Alexander the Great's conquests between the Black Sea and Indus River, today's Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc.Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. He adopted entirely new principles in cartography and set about making a thorough reform in that subject. Delisle recognized that the new methods of measuring by scale and of marking the places were very valuable for cartography; with this help he therefore produced a new and more accurate picture of the world.

Fair condition; some foxing, stains and tears to the margins; centrefold reinforced.