Historic Map : Sanson, Rossi Map of Asia, 1687, Vintage Wall Art Maps by Joachim Bormeester Map of The Middle East

Map of The Middle East in Ottoman Turkish

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The Battlefield of Fredericksburg during The U

Prepared in Nuremberg by the engravers Adam Friedrich Zürner and Zolman for issue in Homann Heirs' Maior Atlas Scholasticus

Historic Map : Sanson, Rossi Map of Asia, 1687, Vintage Wall Art Maps by Joachim Bormeester Map of The Middle EastA spectacular 1687 map of Asia by the important Italian cartographer Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. Depicts the entire continent as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and the East Indies. In drawing this map Rossi drew heavily upon Nicholas Sanson's map of Asia in ancient times. In East Asia the cartography is still fairly speculative. Hokkaido is shown attached to the mainland in a vast peninsula named Yvpi . Separated from this landmass by the narrow