Old British Empire Map

Old British Empire Map   is an artwork realized around 1760  by  Karl Spruner .

Original hand-colored print.

Good conditions, except for yellowing of paper along the margins, and a little tear on the lower margin.

This important artwork represents Great Britain's sedentary possessions with the indication of their acquisition time, North America until 1783 and India around 1760.

This print is the plate n. IV from  Historisch-Geographischer Hand-Atlas  printed between   1848-1853.

Karl Spruner von Merz  (15 November 1803- 1892), or  Karl von Spruner ,  as he preferred to be called, was  a German cartographer and scholar. He spent most of his long life in military service. He joined the Bavarian army, aged 11, in 1814, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1825.  He is well-known for his historical atlases.

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