Historic Map : Pallas and Mentelle Map of The Physical World, 1779, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of London 1730 Homann Heirs map of

1730 Homann Heirs map of Upper Rhine region

derived from the Zeno Map by Venetian explorers Nicolo and Antonio Zeno

and the quest for knowledge

Includes two contrasting maps

This inclusion suggests that European cartographers had some awareness of North America's interior geography prior to formal exploration

Historic Map : Pallas and Mentelle Map of The Physical World, 1779, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of London 1730 Homann Heirs map ofThis is a highly unusual 1779 map of the world exhibiting a very peculiar physical topography that reveals mountain ranges both on land and under the sea. The curious undersea mountain ranges displayed here was drawn by Abbe Mongez to illustrate the ge