1689 map of Bosnia
‘This was when Bosnia was completely landlocked, a decade before it got ocean access. Apparently Dubrovnik was worried about being attacked, so they gave a 30 mile strip of land on the coast to the Ottoman Empire as a buffer zone, which did work, but this is why Croatia is split in two even today, with travelers forced to transit through Bosnia, with 3 customs checks, until a new bridge was finished last year that now connects Croatia, bypassing Bosnia.’
1682 map of Sardinia and Corsica - by Frederick de Wit
‘A very naughty boy who really likes artillery is from one of these’
1699 map of northern and central Africa - by Heinich Scherer
“This is a decorative regional map from Scherer’s monumental Jesuit inspired work. Africa is shown northwards of the mythological source lakes of the Nile, with extensive, though often fantastical, detail”
1698 Friar Hennepin map of North America
“A map that fundamentally impacted the cartographic history of America”
1635 map of Chile
‘them: horizontal Chile isn’t real, it can’t hurt you
horizontal Chile: ‘
1657 map of the coastal areas from New England to Virginia / Jan Jansson
‘This is a great map and the high res is really nice’
1685 double hemispherical world map, with two polar circles - by Justus Danckerts
1683 map of the Solomon Islands and northern New Zealand - by Allain Manesson-Mallet
