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Copper-engraved map. 36.3x59 cm (14¼x23¼").

Rare and unusual map of the world, printed on thick paper. The map was issued to go with a book by Rabiqueau, which seeks to demonstrate that the world is really flat. Warren Heckrotte, in his notes, queries "How he accommodates this map - a Mercator's projection of the world - to that thesis, I do not understand, even though the title states that the geography is 'tres aisée'." There are graphic depictions of flames along the equator, and ice and snow in the polar regions. The configurations of Australia and New Zealand pre-date Cook, and the northwest part of North America is indistinct, although the observations of several early explorers are referred to. OCLC/WorldCat cites only a single example of the map, at Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

Full title of the map:

Carte Générale De La Terre necessaire au Service de la Marine Stable sur un Plan Fixe sans Antipodes Dressée en 1780 par Le Sr. Clermont Géographe sur le Mechanisme Physique Universal de Mtre. Rabiqueau dont la Géographie est tres aisée, sa carte et son livre se trouvent ches lui â Paris Parvis Ne. Dame  Avec Privilege Du Roy