Merveilles du monde posters & prints

John de Mandeville taking leave of King Edward III before his departure French School

Artémise, ca. 1639-40 Gilles Rousselet/Abraham Bosse

Sémiramis, ca. 1639-40 Gilles Rousselet/Abraham Bosse

Sphiron, ca. 1639-40 Gilles Rousselet/Abraham Bosse

Antiope, ca. 1639-40 Gilles Rousselet

Marco Polo with elephants and camels arriving at Hormuz on the Gulf of Persia from India, c.1410-12 (and workshop) Boucicaut Master

Navigators using an astrolabe in the Indian Ocean, c.1410-12 Boucicaut Master

The Saviour of the World Jean (attr. to) Daret

Kublai Khan gives a golden tablet ensuring safe passage to Niccolo and Maffeo Polo Anonymous

The Great Khan's soldiers take the island of Sypangu, c.1410-12 Boucicaut Master

Louis VI of France, 1837 Merry-Joseph Blondel

France Illuminating the World (La France Eclairant le Monde) Ange-Louis Janet

Le Repos du Monde, 1818 Pierre Guérin

Map of the known world Ptolemy

Two Women on Rocks, Le Follet, Journal du Grand Monde. France, 19th century Anonymous

Mappe Monde Rigobert Bonne

The Origin of the World (LOrigine du monde) Anonymous

Pour la liberte du monde poster Georges Goursat

Map of the Ottoman Empire Joannes Jansson

High Change in Bond Street - ou - la Politesse du Grand Monde Anonymous