[World Map]

Engraved by E.Neureuther, from "Historia Naturalis Palmarum opus tripartitum", by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Leipzig, 1823–50. 3 vols. in one.
Modern hand-colored steel engraved map; overall size 61 x 92 cm; two sheets conjoined.
A beautifully decorated double hemisphere map with a Deity in the center and depictions of the four continents in each corner.
The map was engraved by Neureuther, who was a German painter, etcher, and illustrator who also worked for the porcelain factory in Nyphenburg, Germany.

The Historia is a highly illustrated botanical book of palms, based on the travels to Brazil and Peru by German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) between 1817 and 1820. This expedition was sponsored by the King of Bavaria, Maximilian I, with instructions to investigate natural history and tribal Indians.
In the first volume, Martius outlined the modern classification of palms and prepared the first maps of palm biogeography.
The second volume described the palms of Brazil, and in the third, known as Expositio Systematica, he systematically described all known genera of the palm family, based on his own work and that of others.

A highly decorative and rare world map!