Historic Map : Jansson Map of France or Gaul in Antiquity , 1657, Vintage Wall Art Africa Carte de l'Empire de Carthage. 5247136 Leconte and L

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It covers the entirety of the continent

Covers the mid-section of Africa roughly from the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic eastward to the Red Sea and the horn

Lorraine in the north

Historic Map : Jansson Map of France or Gaul in Antiquity , 1657, Vintage Wall Art Africa Carte de l'Empire de Carthage. 5247136 Leconte and LThis is a remarkable example of Jan Jansson's 1657 mapping of France or Gaul in antiquity. Cartographically this map exhibits heavy influence from a very similar map of the same name published by A. Ortelius in his 1597 Parergon . Based on Greek and Roman sources including Pliny, Strabo, Virgil, Ceasar, and others. A decorative title cartouche depicting curious winged women with exceptionally long necks (harpies?) appears in the lower left quadrant.