1575 Abraham Ortelius Antique Maps of Loire Valley, River & Alliers River France Science who honoured him with tokens

who honoured him with tokens of his personal regard

This very large 4 sheet original copper plate engraved antique map of Africa by Solomon Bolton after the French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D Anville

The promise of great wealth was so strong that crews on arriving vessels deserted and rushed off to the gold fields

British navigator Captain James Cook arrived in 1773 and 1777 and named the island of Manuae Hervey Island

1575 Abraham Ortelius Antique Maps of Loire Valley, River & Alliers River France Science who honoured him with tokensTitle : Regionis Biturigum Exactiss Descriptio per D. Ioannem Calamaeum. Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct. [The region of Berry exactly described by Jean Chameau. The topography around of Lyons by Gabriel Symeon] Size: 21in x 19 1 2in (535mm x 495mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1575 Ref #: 50228 1 Description: These original copper plate engraved hand coloured antique maps, the first of the Loire River & Valley and the second of