Map Postcard : Latvia

Postcard from series of drawings by Latvian artist Ansis Cirulis published by photographer Janis Rieksts, 1919.

I'm so glad to be such a lucky person to receive this gorgeous retro-map postcard from Latvia.

Thank you to Aleksejs & Lidia.

Map Postcard : Greece

Old Map of Crete of the Venetian Time (15th Century)

Antique Map Postcard

Abraham Ortelius-Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip

Ortelius based this influential map on the work of earlier authorities including Mercator, Zeno and Magnus. Of particular interest are the mythical islands of Brasil, Frisland, Drogeo, Icaria, and St. Brendan. Part of Mercator's imaginary polar continent is depicted with a note that it is inhabited by pigmies. Iceland (Islant, Thule) is basically unchanged from Mercator´s map of Europe from 1554 with the shape originated by Zeno. Greenland is separated from Europe by a wide sea and a portion of North America appears in the upper left corner with the name Estotilant. The map is adorned with a variety of very inventive creatures including a half-man, half-sea creature playing a lute. Latin text on verso.

Merry Christmas 2015

Dear all, wishing you a Merry Christmas.

Lots of greetings from Finland's friend, Kirsimarja. She wrote on his postcard, "Lapland is the northeast part of Finland. People there have many different roots as else Finnish people."

On the postcard, there are activities like skiing, washing gold, fishing, and of course Santa Claus and reindeer.    

Native land (Oma maa) Finland

I received this awesome map postcard from Minna Susanne of Finland. 

She told me that in this postcard, I can know what are the Finns love..like bread, ice hockey, coffee, nature, Santa Claus (of course), northern light and etc. She also mentioned about Red House.

Did you noticed that the majority of all buildings (homes, barns, boat houses, every shed) are in red ? 

  

Restored Castles, France

The famous 
The Château de La Roche is a restored castle situated in the Saint-Priest-la-Roche, 20 km from Roanne. The castle stands on an island in the lake formed by the Villerest dam

Americae nova Tabula (New Map of America)

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638)

An important early map of Western Hemisphere. 

The above was in Le Grand Atlas,  French version. 

Native people of Greenland, Virginia, Florida, South America are shown in the ten vignettes.

A gorgeous World Map send by Kitty of Nederland.