Historic Map : Tardieu Antique Map of Gaul or France in Ancient Roman Times, 1874, Vintage Wall Art Africa North Africa or Barbary IV Tripoli. 5248932 Napoleon Bonaparte staged a coup

Napoleon Bonaparte staged a coup which led to Bonaparte's dictatorship and eventually (in 1804) his proclamation as Emperor

Concentric circles show the general lengths of the rivers as the bird files

A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1770 decorative map of West Africa

thereby asserting a British claim to the region dating to Drake's 16th century circumnavigation of the world

Historic Map : Tardieu Antique Map of Gaul or France in Ancient Roman Times, 1874, Vintage Wall Art Africa North Africa or Barbary IV Tripoli. 5248932 Napoleon Bonaparte staged a coupThis is a beautiful 1874 map of Gaul or France in ancient Roman times issued by Ambroise Tardieu. It covers from the English Channel south as far as the Pyrenees Mountains and Hispania. It includes the modern day nations of France, Luin xembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands. Gaul was the ancient name of a region of Western Europe which comprises of modern day France, Luin xembourg, Belgium and Germany west of the Rhine. It also