Historic Map : Sanson Map of Guiana, Venezuela, and El Dorado, 1656, Vintage Wall Art Size:32in x 24in Persia " Iran

Persia " Iran

Surrounded by seven wind heads

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the West Indies

Florida is labeled as the province of Tegesta

The Chinese Empire

Historic Map : Sanson Map of Guiana, Venezuela, and El Dorado, 1656, Vintage Wall Art Size:32in x 24in Persia " IranThis is N. Sanson's remarkable 1656 map of the northwestern parts of South America , Lake Parima (Parime), and the route to El Dorado. Cartographically this map is loosely based upon cartographic conventions established by De Laet, however, Sanson introduced some interesting new ideas, including some of the first fixed political borders in this region. The map covers fro Isla Margarita and the Orinoco Delta eastward as far as Tampico and southwards as