The northwestern part of the world map, France, 1708

Postcard ID: RU-2571332
Country: Russia

This postcard shows us a part of really big mapm created in 1708.

The whole map by the world famous Jean Baptiste Nolin is probably the last card of this genre, decorated  so rich. Then 18 century came, this was century of revolutions and simplicity. This map is decorated with six scenes from the Old Testament. The hemispheres keep on the shoulders  the four seasons of the year. On whole map we can see six days of world creation, but on the postcard came to me - only 3.

Here is a stamp from this card: