Historic Map : Spruner Map of The Mediterranean Under The Caliphs, 1855, Vintage Wall Art Size:20in x 16in Covers lower Canada from Tadoussac

Covers lower Canada from Tadoussac in the North to the borders of Maine and Vermont in the south

sponsored a number of cartographic expeditions to the farthest reaches of his vast empire

Centered on the Mediterranean Sea

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Historic Map : Spruner Map of The Mediterranean Under The Caliphs, 1855, Vintage Wall Art Size:20in x 16in Covers lower Canada from TadoussacThis is a fascinating example of Karl von Spruner's 1855 historical map of the Mediterranean during the rule of the Caliphs. The map covers from France to the Sahara Desert in Africa and from Western Arica to Syria, including the modern day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, egypt, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. The map depicts the Caliphate at its greatest extent. After the first four caliphs (632 661), the Caliphate was