Historic Map : Cruchley Map of France, 1850, Vintage Wall Art Asia India Nepal Bhutan Tibet Ceylon or Sri Lanka Calpentyn Road Yukon Territory"

Yukon Territory"

' THis map was prepared in 1652 to illustrate Merian's Topographia Electorat

europe's colonial interests in Africa haphazardly carved up the continent into unnatural territories

Africa is largely "unexplored" and both Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika have yet to appear

53 in the 1895 issue of Rand McNally and Company's Indexed Atlas of the World - possibly the finest atlas Rand McNally ever issued

Historic Map : Cruchley Map of France, 1850, Vintage Wall Art Asia India Nepal Bhutan Tibet Ceylon or Sri Lanka Calpentyn Road Yukon Territory"This is a fine example of George Frederick Cruchley's 1850 map of France. It covers all of France subdivided according to its various departments. An inset in the lower right quadrant details Corsica. The map is color coded according the departments with elevation shown by hachures. Several towns, rivers, cities, mountains, along with a host of other topographical features are also identified. The French Department system was established on March 4th,