Old Monochrome Map of Paris, 1572 by Braun - Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Bastille, Seine, Cathedral, City Walls tumc_ortelius monochrome and wonderful map shows

monochrome and wonderful map shows Russia as it was in 1676

The map was originally published in six sheets

It is shown here in its handcoloured form - it was handcoloured almost 300 years ago and has been wonderfully restored by The Unique Maps Co

(It's actually one of the world's oldest race courses

" I'm not sure why it says 'romantic'

Old Monochrome Map of Paris, 1572 by Braun - Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Bastille, Seine, Cathedral, City Walls tumc_ortelius monochrome and wonderful map showsPublished in 1572 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, this is the oldest full, true map of Paris. If Shakespeare ever visited Paris, this is what it would've looked like. This map was first published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum the Cities of the World which was a cartographical masterpiece featuring 546 maps. This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but it looks even better