Old Coastal Map of Tunisia and Libya by Sanson, 1655: Tunis, Tripoli, Malta, Benghazi, Gulf of Gabes Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and geographical feature is rendered

and geographical feature is rendered with meticulous attention to detail

measured scale

It is precisely this sense of glowing atmosphere

from the towering Cuillin Hills on the Isle of Skye to the serene waters of Loch Morar

or they may be labeled under earlier names

Old Coastal Map of Tunisia and Libya by Sanson, 1655: Tunis, Tripoli, Malta, Benghazi, Gulf of Gabes Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and geographical feature is renderedPartie de la Coste de Barbarie en Africque ou sont les Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli is Nicolas Sansons authoritative 1655 portrait of the Maghrebi littoral at the height of early modern Mediterranean power politics. The sheet follows the long arc of coast from the Gulfs of Tunis and Hammamet eastward past Gabs to the storied bays of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, while glancing north to the southernmost shore of Sicily. It scatters the stepping stone