TB vs AI: Turgot’s Map – 1739
What do you know about Turgot’s Map from 1739? From how high up was the perspective drawn? Did Michel-Etienne Turgot use a balloon or floating device to draw this perspective?
Turgot’s Map – 1739 Detailed Aerial View
Plan of Paris, known as Turgot’s Map – 1739 Michel-Étienne Turgot (1690-1751), at the head of the Parisian municipality as provost of merchants, decided to commission a new plan of…
Friesland
Frisland? Frislanda, Friesland. Meaning Free Land. Major city looks like Cabaru and baras? Mid 1600s. I find it hard accepting that these detailed, unanimous, cartography depictions of islands with major…
Portolan Atlas 1540
This book is mental. Portolan atlas 1540 is as beautiful as they come. Strange beings, means of travel from the farthest stretches of your of your imagination, giants, dragons, kings,…
The Tartarian Empire
The Tartarian empire was massive. With an emperor with a reputation to match. “Tamerlane emperor of Tartaric called the wrath of God and terrour of the world”. It also mentions…
Magellanica
Magellanica. I kept seeing it everywhere but disappears late 1600s. This area was named after the explorer, Magellan, it was he that first recorded the discovery of a small strait…
Hindenburg LZ 129
It may be surprising to learn that Hindenburg is actually a class of airship and not just one zeppelin. There were two built and fully operated. By the end of…
Maps Showing Tartaria
As we look into our past in more detail, we discover many maps showing areas displaying the name Tartaria. Which is interesting as this is not a culture that appears…
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