Carte d’Assemblage de l’Océanique - Vandermaelen 1827 Together with the Island of

Together with the Island of Crete

includes inset map of Guam

For a 19th-century sailor

The elaborate baroque title cartouche in the upper left serves as a signature of Sanson's clean

correcting many of the cartographic anomalies seen in 17th-century works

Carte d’Assemblage de l’Océanique - Vandermaelen 1827 Together with the Island ofVandermaelens Index Map of Oceania (1827) Title: Carte dAssemblage de lOcanique Cartographer: Philippe Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen Origin: Brussels, Belgium Date: 1827 Technique: Lithograph with original hand colouring The Narrative: The First Great Lithographic Atlas This map tells the story of a revolutionary moment in cartography. Published in 1827, Vandermaelens Atlas Universel was the first atlas in history to be produced entirely by lithography