021 Boazio Map of St. Augustine 1589 Paper Products:36"x45" Hand Painted Original who under the instruction of

who under the instruction of French explorer Samuel de Champlain

many escaping the potato famine of the mid-19th century

it was for the Hawaiian Exhibit at the International Exhibition of Arts

they encountered the indigenous population which referred to themselves as the Skitwish meaning simply The Discovered People

021 Boazio Map of St. Augustine 1589 Paper Products:36"x45" Hand Painted Original who under the instruction ofThis beautiful Saint Augustine map was produced by Baptista Boazio, who was a famous Italian cartographer. The map is unique for a couple of reasons. To begin with, it holds the distinction of being the oldest item housed in the state archives of Florida. That is pretty impressive in and of itself. What's even more impressive lies in what you see on the map. It was meant to be so much more than juts a visual guide to the region. Boazio, though