Pyrenees Travel Poster: Excursions aux bains de mer et aux Pyrénées by Chemins de fer du Midi, 1880 pacific island Océan Atlantique (Atlantic Ocean)

Océan Atlantique (Atlantic Ocean)

offering a stunning piece of narrative art for generations to appreciate

or the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park

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Alexander Hogg's "A New General Chart of the World" is not merely a map

Pyrenees Travel Poster: Excursions aux bains de mer et aux Pyrénées by Chemins de fer du Midi, 1880 pacific island Océan Atlantique (Atlantic Ocean)Cie des chemins de fer du Midi; excursions aux bains de mer et aux Pyrnes, created for the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Midi in 1880 by an unknown poster artist, is a joyful call to the sun bathed Atlantic coast and the cool Pyrenean valleys of southwest France. At the top, a bold, slanted banner shouts CHEMINS DE FER DU MIDI in canary yellow letters against slate blue, while a ring of vignettes celebrates the region: a beach scene with a striped