Historic Map : Janvier Map of Italy, 1770, Vintage Wall Art Size:36in x 24in This is a lovely map

This is a lovely map of the Austrian Empire by Samuel Augustus Mitchell dating to 1849

The progression meanders along many paths and digressions to finally arrive upper right quadrant where we see a hill upon which rests a gigantic Grasshopper - Chapultepec

Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no

Further south the kingdoms of Deccan

Fort Fisher at Pleasure Island

Historic Map : Janvier Map of Italy, 1770, Vintage Wall Art Size:36in x 24in This is a lovely mapA beautiful example of Le Sieur Janvier's 1770 decorative map of Italy. Covers from the Gulf of Eyon eastward to include all of Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, the Adriatic, and parts of Hungary and Turkey in Europe. Extends south to include adjacent parts of Africa and north as far as Lake Geneva. An elaborate title cartouche rendered with Papal accoutrements appears in the lower left hand quadrant. A secondary cartouche bearing a six distance scales