Ancient map of Lake Geneva, 1610

Ancient map of Lake Geneva, 1610The Chorographica Tabula Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium, engraved by Jodocus Hondius (15631612) and published in 1610, is one of the earliest and most elegant maps devoted to Lake Geneva (Lacus Lemannus) and its surrounding regions of western Switzerland and eastern France. Based on the work of Jacobus G. Genevensis, a local scholar and cartographer, this map combines geographical precision with the artistic refinement characteristic of the

reinforcing the administrative structure underpinning Cognac production and the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée framework established earlier in the twentieth century

where reality and myth intermingle

La Rochelle was a focal point of the Huguenot movement (French Protestants) and a stronghold during the Wars of Religion

The forms are flattened and simplified

with even small alleyways and houses labeled

and Southern Tibet (a part of Tibet

This map would have depicted the region of Palestine as it was understood and represented in the 18th century

delineating the presence of United States military bases across the New Territories

which marked the end of the Qing dynasty

It was based on his own observations and information gathered from Russian sources

with the intricate details of the neoclassical architecture clearly visible

The painting is dominated by a series of concentric circles