Antiquor. Imperiorum Tabula: in quâ prae caeteris, Macedonicum seu Alexandri Magni Imperium et expeditiones exarantur /
Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles,1688-1766
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier,1723-1786.
Boudet Antoine
Alexander,the Great,356 B.C.-323 B.C.
[Paris : Robert de Vaugondy, A.Boudet
1757].
"Cum Privilegio".
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour.
In:  "Atlas Universel" by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy and his son Didier, first issued in Paris in 1752, this edition 1757.
Cl.Haussard fecit.
Map dated 1753 in cartouche, the date of the previous issue.
Decorative title cartouche in the bottom left hand corner. Macedonian helmet and short sword, crown, arrow, broken pillar.
Map in Latin. Notes in the map.
North up. Marginal grid. "Septentrio, Occidens, Oriens, Meridies". Ferro Island prime meridian.
Three scale indicators in the top right hand corner : "Milliaria Romana quorum 75. Gradui respondent, 375" [=7.1 cm], "Stadia Aristotelica quorum 1111.Gradui respondent 6000"[= 8 cm], "Stadia Aegyptica quorum 318. in gradu requiruntur 1590" [= 7.1 cm].
Inset : [India] (12x14 cm, with monitum and scale indicator : "Stadia quorum 1111 Gradui resp., 5555" [=3 cm].
The map shows Alexander the Great's travels and an area from Greece, the North of Libya, Egypt, the Red Sea and Arabia to India, the Caspian Sea and Istanbul.
At the back, handwritten in ink : "Antiqua Imperia N°3"