Historic Map : Black Map of Europe, 1840, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in making this one of the

making this one of the first known to address the Circuit of the Penny Post

Features some offshore detail and several sailing ships plying the Zuyder Zee ( Zuiderzee )

noting rivers

This is a beautiful 1705 of the Kerch Strait issued by Pierre Mortier

The whole is beautifully rendered with wonderful detail regarding the early states

Historic Map : Black Map of Europe, 1840, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in making this one of theAdam and Charles Black's 1840 map of europe. The map covers the continent in its entirety from the North Atlantic Ocean to the Caspian Sea and from the Arctic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, including Iceland. It shows the Austrian empire at its height, the many states of the German Confederacy, and a pre Garibaldi Italy split into numerous small duchies and states. It notes the legendary and semi mythical whirlpool known as the Lofoten Maelstrom