Historic Map : Bocage Map of Elis and Triphylia, Ancient Greece (Olympia and First Olympic Games), 1786, Vintage Wall Art Size:16in x 20in North America w/Insular California

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A stunning map of Brabant

This is one of the most highly detailed maps of southern Portugal to appear in the late 18th century

Title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features a wonderful mining vignette

the Isle Bornholm and the Faeroe Islands are i

Historic Map : Bocage Map of Elis and Triphylia, Ancient Greece (Olympia and First Olympic Games), 1786, Vintage Wall Art Size:16in x 20in North America w/Insular CaliforniaThis lovely little map of elis and Triphylia, in western Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage, after D'Anville, for the 1785 Travels of Anacharsis. The sanctuary at Olympia, located in this kingdom, was the home of the original Olympic Games in 776 B. C. e. Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCe. Apparently he made a great