1750 Jesuit Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentine, and BrazilParaquariae Provinciae Soc. Iesu cum Adjacentibus Novissima Descriptio Post iterates peregrinations, et plures observations Patrum Missionariorum ejusdem Soc. tum hujus Provinciae, cum By: Matthaeus Seutter Date: 1750 (circa) Augsburg Original Size: 22. 5 x 19 inches (57 cm x 48 cm) This is a fine print reproduction of a superb map showing the Jesuit province of Paraguay and the surrounding regions where an autonomous Christian Indian state was

Island natives of Polynesia

Principautes

The medieval fortifications were replaced in the 16th/17th centuries by the bastion-like city wall

antique map of Tokyo

Noted French Artist Luc-Marie Bayle designed and created this bright and colorful map in the mid 1950’s to help promote the visibility of the French air carrier Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux

subtle and sensitive to the unrecorded past of unknown peoples

Once scene even shows a Native American working as a caddy for golfers

The resulting work is something of a time capsule rendered in whimsical style

The map was originally engraved in the Flemish style by Arnold Florent van Langren and featured in Linschoten's Itinerario

his artistic ability could not be overlooked and he eventually earned a spot as one of the primary cartoonists for Vanity Fair

with that of Niagara Falls with an army of beavers at work especially intriguing

an almost digital looking insert shows the difference between day and night population densities for the entire area shown in the main map