Blaeu’s Plan of Moûtiers Date of Publication_1703 within a wreath and flanked

within a wreath and flanked by a cockerel and an eagle

It illustrates the Dutch voyage of 1594 by Willem Barentsz in search of a northeast passage

a chart of the Caspian Sea after Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

The postal code system introduced by the Allies after the war was in fact a continuation of the system maintained by the Third Reich

Blaeu’s Plan of Moûtiers Date of Publication_1703 within a wreath and flankedMoustiers Blaeus townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and reissued (with Blaeus imprint erased) by Adriaan Moetjens in 1697. Motiers lies in Savoie; note the salt works in the foreground. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 46. 5 x 62 cm, engraved by Joannes de Ram, black and white, upper margin trimmed to printed area, old paper repair on blank verso. References Koeman Bl 80