Normandy & Brittany Travel Poster: Chemins de Fer de l’Ouest – Excursions & Bains de Mer, 1880 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Bern is beautifully represented

Bern is beautifully represented

Artistic depiction of forested and green areas

This exquisite bird's-eye view map is a part of Braun & Hogenberg's esteemed "Civitas Orbis Terrarum

Suggests the existence of the Northwest Passage

marking a pivotal moment in the history of British cartography

Normandy & Brittany Travel Poster: Chemins de Fer de l’Ouest – Excursions & Bains de Mer, 1880 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Bern is beautifully representedChemins de Fer de lOuest. Excursions & Bains de Mer (1880) is a classic French railway poster from the golden age of seaside travel, created for the Western Railway network by an anonymous house artist. Centered on a proud steam locomotive numbered 725, the design invites Parisians to the coast for summer baths of the sea. Around the engine, crisp vignettes name the routes and resortsRouen at the top, and along the coast Le Havre and Dieppewhile a