Historic Map : Vaugondy, Diderot Map of Alaska, The Pacific Northwest & The Northwest Passage , 1772, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in A highly decorative 1920 map

A highly decorative 1920 map of Rome by Augusto Trabacchi

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21 in volume 2 of Colton's 1856 Atlas of the World

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Historic Map : Vaugondy, Diderot Map of Alaska, The Pacific Northwest & The Northwest Passage , 1772, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in A highly decorative 1920 mapA truly fascinating 1772 map of the northwestern parts of North America by Robert de Vaugondy. Essentially depicts the north eastern parts of Asia, speculations on northwestern America and Admiral De Fonte's mythical conception of a Northwest Passage. Heavily based upon earlier work by Thomas Jefferys, Thomas Swaine Drage, Gerhard Muller, and James De Lisle. Vaugondy prepared this map prior to the voyages of James Cook to this region. Around this time