Asia Continent - 1680 South America This 1857 look maps out

This 1857 look maps out notable land owners of the region that now have their legacy in local town and road names of present day

Published in 1886 by famous German cartographers

John Senex illustrates the lack of certainty European explorers had on the reality of the African geography

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Asia Continent - 1680 South America This 1857 look maps outThis 1680 map of the Asia continent is an exquisite depiction of the view of this portion of the world in the late 17th Century. The formal title on the map, written in Latin, translates to: The principal parts of it were distributed to the visitors of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the most exquisite tables, which had never seen the light before, were published by Peter van der Aa, with the privilege of the Dutch and Western orders