Historic Map : De Fonte Map of The Northwest Passage (America, Asia, Polar), 1754, Vintage Wall Art detailed Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of

Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury)

this little map is actually the first of a serious of important representations of Japan in which the Noto Peninsula is turned westward

and parts of Hungary and Turkey in Europe

The English Channel

Historic Map : De Fonte Map of The Northwest Passage (America, Asia, Polar), 1754, Vintage Wall Art detailed Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl ofThis hand colored map is entitled "A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral De Fonte & Others by M. De L'Isle" and was published in Gentleman's Magazine, 1754. This map depicts the mythical Northwest Sea Passage from Atlantic to Pacific proposed by many early navigators. North of California are depicted such fascinating features as the "Sea of the West, Discovered by J. De. Fuca in 1592" and De Fontes Lake just west of Hudson Bay. There are routes