Antique World Map 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Centuries of exploration and discovery rendered in ornate baroque splendor

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Henricus Hondius (Dutch, 1597-1651) World Map , 1630 From the Novus Atlas This popular baroque-style map was originally designed as a frontispiece to Henricus Hondius's 1630 revision of the long-lived Mercator/Hondius atlas, a work then being challenged by rival map publishers. The decorations include depictions of the four elements-earth, air, fire, and water-and portraits of Julius Caesar and cartographers Claudius Ptolemy, Gerard Mercator, and Jodocus Hondius Sr.

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