World Map Mercator's Projection Palestine Texas CA 1881 Canadian Rare Map

Chart of the World On Mercators Projection - Palestine.(Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, World Maps, Mercator's Projection, Holy Land, Palestine, Israel, Lake Torrens, Texas, Utah, California, Oregon, Florida).Issued 1882, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Lithographed by Rolph, Smith & Co.Interesting and quite scarce 19th century antique lithographed map with original hand color.Notable for its unusual imprint location of Canada as well as the large detailed Palestine inset at right. A most unusual pairing of geographical locations as well as a mixture of scales. The world map exceeds 360' while the Palestine map is given in a scale 5 mile multiples.Lake Torrens within Australia lower left shows an early erroneous shape, southern continent coastline hinted at by place names & large blank spaces. Interestingly, within North America, the only states named are Texas, Utah, California, Oregon & Florida.Sheet displays some light signs of age, including small minor inoffensive scattered spo