Antonio FLORIANUS (1656-1721). [World Map]. 1555 Mapping Louisiana Edward William (British

Edward William (British

The cartographic competition that resulted from the British and French contest for colonial strongholds led to the production of remarkably sophisticated maps such as this one

reflecting the growing European interest in these regions during the early modern period

by draining the western shore of the lake and making the city a peninsula rather than an island

and labored unceasingly

Antonio FLORIANUS (1656-1721). [World Map]. 1555 Mapping Louisiana Edward William (BritishAntonio FLORIANUS (1656 1721) [World Map] Venice, c. 1555 Sheet: 21 12 x 36, framed: 33 x 47 12 Engraved map Untitled double hemisphere map constructed on a polar projections, with each hemisphere cut into thirty six gores, in the manner of printed globes John Rennie Short description: In the early sixteenth century the Venetian Empire was at its greatest extent. It was a trading empire that carried goods throughout the Mediterranean, across Europe