1575 Braun & Hogenberg Original Antique Birds Eye View of St Omer, Calais France Religion the Dutch were the first

the Dutch were the first to establish colonies: Essequibo (1616)

in an effort to explain the rapidly changing political & economic situation in North America

New Guinea and parts of the Islands of Indonesia - one of the earliest detailed maps of Australia - was published by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli in the 1696 Venice edition of Isolario dell Atlante Veneto

the Society of Ethnology along with a large number of learned societies and European academies

The present city and its walls date to the time of the Mongol emperors in 1352

1575 Braun & Hogenberg Original Antique Birds Eye View of St Omer, Calais France Religion the Dutch were the firstTitle : S. Audomari Fanum. S. Ausmer, Omer, Iccius portus Abrahamo Orttelio, Artesii urbs munitissima Date : 1575 Size: 25in x 21 1 4in (635mm x 540mm) Ref #: 30268 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original 1572 antique birds eye view of the Northern French Town of St Omer in the Pas de Calais department, was published by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg for the 1572 atlas of town plans Civiates Orbis Terrarum