1639 Mercator Hondius Antique Map of Gulf of Venice, Istra, Italy, Slovenia America estimated by Pitt at £1000

estimated by Pitt at £1000 per volume

political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru

A combination of deception and skilled administration – designed to conceal his true destination from friend and foe alike – enabled Marlborough to march 400 kilometres (250 miles) unhindered from the Low Countries to the River Danube in five weeks

which could then be bartered for Chinese goods that were highly prized in England

Byron reached the co-ordinates given by Cowley in January 1765

1639 Mercator Hondius Antique Map of Gulf of Venice, Istra, Italy, Slovenia America estimated by Pitt at £1000Title : Karstia, Carniola, Histria et Windorum Marchia Ref #: 43152 Size: 21 1 2in x 18 1 2in (550mm x 470mm) Date : 1639 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original antique map of northern Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Venice centered on Istria, showing present day north eastern Italy, a large part of Slovenia and northern Croatia extending from Venice to the Island of Arbe and from Doblach to Pettau on the