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East Michigan Tourist Association
Michigan Travel
This colorful brochure organizes tourist attractions by region, county and city. It is filled with ads catering towards tourists and travelers in…
Deutsche Zentrale fur Fremdenverkehr
Germany
The mineral cinnabar is the natural form of the pigment called vermilion. Cinnabar was first discovered in Germany, among other places, and is most…
Danckerts, Theodore
Europe
An orphan map of France by Theodore Dankerts
Arnold Colom & Grace Rother
Pigments
The original map can be found here.
Arnold Colom
World Map
The three allegorical female figures at the top of the hemispheres and the three at the bottom depict fire, day, air, earth, night, and water. This…
Andrew C. F. David
South Pole
The map shown in this book is by Captain Thomas Cook. It depicts his vision of the Southern Hemisphere after his second voyage. The map can be found…
Alexis Hubert Jaillot
North America
This antique map, colored with gamboge (the bright yellow) and verdigris (the blue and green), is an example of the simple map style and colors tha…
O.C. Simonds & Co.
University of Michigan campus history
map of the layout of the Botanical gardens