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CANTINO WORLD MAP, 1502. Western half of the Cantino map of the world

CANTINO WORLD MAP, 1502. Western half of the Cantino map of the world, 1502, showing (at left) the Tordesillas Treaty demarcation line of 1494 which divided the non-Christian (i.e. undiscovered) world between Spain and Portugal

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1502, Age Of Discovery, Cantino, Line Of Demarcation, Map, New World, Portolan Chart, Portugal, Portuguese, Renaissance, Spain, Spanish, Topography, Tordesillas Treaty, World

Comic map of Europe by Frederick Rose, c.1870 (litho)

XND76008 Comic map of Europe by Frederick Rose, c.1870 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: also called "Novel Carte de Europe designed for 1870"; England enraged forgets Ireland but still keeps it in her power; Spain & Portugal smoke away lazily; France tries to overthrow Prussia who advances one hand on Holland and knee over Austria; Italy advises Bismark to keep off; Corsica & Sardinia laugh on at all; Denmark hopes to recover Holstein; Turkey is drowsily awaking from smoke; Sweden crouchng like a panther; Russia as a beggar trying for anything to fill his basket); English, out of copyright

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Old Map of Spain and Portugal 1852 by Henry George Collins

This is a finely detailed map of Spain and Portugal remastered from a rare Atlas of the World published in 1852 by Henry George Collins. Although these Henry Collins produced maps of the highest quality in his time unfortunately not the same could be said in terms of his business success. His maps were later obtained by the famous Stanford Map Company and used in their publications

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