Historic Map : Jansson Wind Rose, Anemographic Chart, or Map of The Winds , 1650, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in Maine issued by the York

Maine issued by the York County Tercentenary Commission and is published in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of York County

this map covers from Lombardy to the Papal States (Including Rome)

Based heavily upon an earlier map of the region by Thomas Bowles

1761 Homann Heirs map of Westphalia

Coast Survey triangulation chart or map of the Georgia and South Carolina coastline from Cumberland Island to Bald Head Island in North Carolina

Historic Map : Jansson Wind Rose, Anemographic Chart, or Map of The Winds , 1650, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in Maine issued by the YorkAn exceptionally rare example of one of the earliest and most significant anemographic, or wind rose, charts to appear in the 17th century. This unusual chart represents a transitional point in the perception of direction, or to be precise, the transition from the wind rose to the compass rose. Early mariners in the Mediterranean defined direction by the names the various winds and the points from which they blew. This idea traces its roots to ancient