Historic Map : Sanson, Rossi Map of Asia, 1687, Vintage Wall Art Maps by Joachim Bormeester Stoddard Tourist

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Historic Map : Sanson, Rossi Map of Asia, 1687, Vintage Wall Art Maps by Joachim Bormeester Stoddard TouristA spectacular 1687 map of Asia by the important Italian cartographer Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. Depicts the entire continent as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and the East Indies. In drawing this map Rossi drew heavily upon Nicholas Sanson's map of Asia in ancient times. In East Asia the cartography is still fairly speculative. Hokkaido is shown attached to the mainland in a vast peninsula named Yvpi . Separated from this landmass by the narrow