Historic Map : Mitchell Map of The World in Hemispheres, 1849, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in a portrait of Napoleon

a portrait of Napoleon

Unlike most of Mitchell's European series

Offers wonderful inland detail of both roads and river systems

which itself is based on the charts of Don Jose' de Cañizares (1776) and José Camacho y Brenes (1779 and 1785)

Scandinavia was in the midst of a prolonged period of peace and prosperity that led to a cultural and population boom

Historic Map : Mitchell Map of The World in Hemispheres, 1849, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in a portrait of NapoleonThis is a lovely hand colored map of the world on a globular projection by Samuel Augustus Mitchell dating to 1849. It depicts the world on hemispherical projection and offers a fascinating snapshot of the world during a period of rapid globalization and discovery. Africa and Australia are largely unmapped in the interiors with coastlines accurately rendered. The coast of Antarctica is drawn in sketchily, based upon early expeditions. The map is color