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Sep 19 2010
Map of North America by Guillaume de L’isle, 1700
Academician / French / Maps and charts / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful map of North America was included in Guillaume de L’isle’s World Atlas of 1700. It incorporated many modern elements of cartography for the first time in a widely published work. He became the first royal cartographer in 1718 and was an associate of the Academy of Science. His maps were the most accurate available and were updated with the accounts of travelers. He was the first cartographer to not depict California as an island. He died in Paris in 1726.
Jul 5 2010
Venice Twilight, Claude Monet, 1908
Impressionist / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Venice Twilight” by Claude Monet of 1908. This impressionistic masterpiece seeks to capture the magical feeling of the Queen of Adriatic. The original is at the Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo.
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