1764 D Anville Large Antique Map of the Western Roman Empire Dalmatia to Britain Insects This fine original copper plate engraved This fine original copper plate engraved antique print of the reception for Captain Cook on the island of Lifuka This fine original copper plate engraved antique map of Caribbean Islands of Guadeloupe & Martinique by Rigobert Bonne was published in the 1780 edition of Atlas des toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre by Guillaume Raynal and the Empire\\\'s population grew to an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world\\\'s population at the time) The 500 year old republic which preceded it had been severely destabilized in a series of civil wars and political conflict Plate area: Soiling bottom & top left