Europa volgens de nieuwste verdeeling.
Haarlem,
1794.
Hand-coloured engraved map.
1641
notes:
Uncommon curiosity, depicting Europe as a regal queen but with an interesting twist and political commentary. This anti-Napoleonic image demotes Europa from a virgin-queen to a homely middle-aged housewife. The figure is superimposed over a map that includes a fair amount of detail.
The Iberian peninsula as a head, Italy as her left arm, stirring with her right arm (Corsica and Sardinia) in a pot (Sicily). Her scarf forms Britain, and the rest of the continent is encom...
The Iberian peninsula as a head, Italy as her left arm, stirring with her right arm (Corsica and Sardinia) in a pot (Sicily). Her scarf forms Britain, and the rest of the continent is encom...
bibliography:
provenance:
A Japanese house and people
Southeast Asia
Original manuscript plat map of the area in lower Manhattan that would later become the site of the World Trade Center, and ultimately the 9/11 Memorial
Greenwood’s large-scale map of Northumberland
Italian Views
Second state of Halma’s pirated edition of Sanson’s map of Japan
Speed’s map of ‘Low Germanie’ 


