1930 Ad Rand McNally Claudius Ptolemaeus World Maps - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING WW3 XGIA2 the center of the richest

the center of the richest area on the continent"

From the late 19th century to the beginning of World War I

it appears a native military serviceman is standing in the marshes

also known as the Pont d'Avignon

"Every one to her taste-- as the old woman said when she kissed the cow

1930 Ad Rand McNally Claudius Ptolemaeus World Maps - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING WW3 XGIA2 the center of the richestThis is an original 1930 black and white print ad for Rand McNally & Company, located at 536 S. Clark Street in Chicago, 270 Madison Avenue in New York, the National Press Building in Washington, 559 Mission Street in San Francisco, and 125 E. Sixth Street in Los Angeles. This ad features their globes, maps, and atlases. The image is a rendition of a map of the world according to Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) as engraves by Johannes Schnitzer de