Antique Geo-Hydrographic World Map, 1691, coloured

Antique Geo-Hydrographic World Map, 1691, colouredThe map was published in 1691 by the French cartographer Nicolas Sanson and later updated and republished by Alexis Hubert Jaillot. The title can be translated as "Geo Hydrographic World Map or General Description of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Globe in Two Hemispheres, Wherein All Parts of the Earth and Water Are Accurately Represented According to the Most Recent Accounts, by Mr. Sanson, Geographer to the King." The map was a world map that aimed to

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serving as essential visual references for sailors to identify their location accurately

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The Island of Formosa

a common practice of 19th-century libraries commissioning colorists to enhance their atlases

The painting depicts a nude woman sitting on a chair with her arms raised and her face obscured by a shadow

highlighted the traditional beauty of Keijo and other areas in Korea

which are characteristic of Klimt's Art Nouveau style

van Wytfliet published an atlas titled "Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum" (The Augmentation of Ptolemy's Description)

It depicted the known continents

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