Asia Continent - 1680 South America shows real property and landowners

shows real property and landowners in the region

Santa Elena and the Chesapeake Bay can be seen throughout the map

and 152 alleys - all divided by Baltimore Street to the North and South and Calvert Street to the East and West

This map is a fantastic piece of New Orleans history

Published in 1851

Asia Continent - 1680 South America shows real property and landownersThis 1680 map of the Asia continent is an exquisite depiction of the view of this portion of the world in the late 17th Century. The formal title on the map, written in Latin, translates to: The principal parts of it were distributed to the visitors of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the most exquisite tables, which had never seen the light before, were published by Peter van der Aa, with the privilege of the Dutch and Western orders