America Borealis - 1699 Size:30"x20" Map shows a polar view

Map shows a polar view with Russia

Published in 1886 by famous German cartographers

This extra large

Fairfax County in Virginia and Montgomery and Prince George Counties in Maryland

This celebration is now best known for being the first World's Fair to be held in the United States

America Borealis - 1699 Size:30"x20" Map shows a polar viewThis 1699 map by cartographer Heinrich Scherer depicts the early territories of the North American continent. The bright colors and vivid detail in this early American map show a reality when California was thought to be an island, separated from mainland N. America by Vermilion Sea now known as the Gulf of California which separates the Baja Peninsula from mainland Mexico.