Historic Map : Vaugondy, Diderot Map of California in Five States, California as Island, 1772, Vintage Wall Art decorative map 5252488 South Pole"

South Pole"

is extremely rare

which led to the european scramble for territory

Covers from Greece (Graecia) and the Aegean Sea eastward to include all of Asia Minor as far as Armenia

The map depicts England under Roman rule and covers all of England (Province of Britannia) as well as parts of Scotland

Historic Map : Vaugondy, Diderot Map of California in Five States, California as Island, 1772, Vintage Wall Art decorative map 5252488 South Pole"A rare and important map of California in five different states, ranging from roughly 1656 to 1767. Engraved by the important French cartographer Robert De Vaugondy, for the c. 1770 edition of the Denis Diderot (1713 84) Encyclopedie . This map explores the confused state of California cartography in the late 18th century. Examines the gradual discovery of California through various seminal mappings. Initially uses the work of Italian cartographer