1820 Pierre Francois Tardieu Large Rare Antique Map of Texas, Mexico Southern Sheet Atlas which arguably paved the way which arguably paved the way for the French Revolution 15 years after his death This fine hand coloured original antique map of the Magellan Straits between the South American mainland and Tierra Del Fuego with major points discovered and remarked in a 9 point legend was engraved by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in 1753 the date is engraved in the title cartouche and was published in Antoine François Prevost's monumental 20 volume edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages published by Pierre de Hondt Aaron Arrowsmith 1816 "A New Map of Mexico" for Lower Louisiana