Historic Map : Bonne Map of China, Korea, Japan and Formosa, 1770, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of Catalonia Sadly the Lord Provost George

Sadly the Lord Provost George Drummond who instituted the contest died before his dream of expanding the city was realized

This is a remarkable example of Jan Jansson's 1657 mapping of France or Gaul in antiquity

At the center of the map lies the North Pole

and Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)

James Craig

Historic Map : Bonne Map of China, Korea, Japan and Formosa, 1770, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of Catalonia Sadly the Lord Provost GeorgeA beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's c. 1770 decorative map of China, Korea (Corea), Japan and Formosa (Taiwan). Extends from Tibet and Chinese Tartary east to Japan and south to Hainan. China is divided into various provinces with major cities, lak