Historic Map : Kircher Map of The World (Earliest Map of World to Show Currents), 1665, Vintage Wall Art and New Orleans. 5249310 and the East Indies

and the East Indies

Lederer describes this savanna as marish grounds at the foot of the Apalataei

Virginia and Maryland "Chesapeake Bay"

The upper right

Historic Map : Kircher Map of The World (Earliest Map of World to Show Currents), 1665, Vintage Wall Art and New Orleans. 5249310 and the East IndiesThis is a remarkable example of Jan Jansson's 1657 mapping of France or Gaul in antiquity. Cartographically this map exhibits heavy influence from a very similar map of the same name published by A. Ortelius in his 1597 Parergon . Based on Greek and Roman sources including Pliny, Strabo, Virgil, Ceasar, and others. A decorative title cartouche depicting curious winged women with exceptionally long necks (harpies?) appears in the lower left quadrant.