Historic Map : Desilver Map of Northern Italy , 1856, Vintage Wall Art Size:16in x 20in Drawn by the French artist

Drawn by the French artist Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues c

The whole is surrounded by elaborate decorative engravings designed to illustrate trade riches of the region

He also labels what is known as the De Breeveertien (De Bree Veerthien) a large offshore shoal in the North Sea now home to an important wind farm

Notes the travels of important Antarctic explorers of the previous 20 years or so

A beautiful 1807 map of Boston and its immediate vicinity drawn by J

Historic Map : Desilver Map of Northern Italy , 1856, Vintage Wall Art Size:16in x 20in Drawn by the French artistThis beautiful hand colored map is a lithographic engraving of Northern Italy, dating to 1856, by little known American map publisher Charles Desilver. Depicts Italy from Naples north to Lombardy. Dated and copyrighted "1856 by Charles Desilver.".