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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kristiaan, post: 2624376, member: 654&quot;]Hello all,</p><p>didn&#039;t poste for a long time.</p><p>So here I am with a question.</p><p>Fond this leather portofolio, embroid with flowers, initials and a coat of arms.</p><p>With the help of different fora, I managed to find out the map belonged to the consul of New Grenade, in Antwerp.</p><p>New Grenade was a country that only lasted for some 20 years in the mid 19 th century, north of south Amerika.</p><p>Also found out that the consul was, a general in the Garde Civique (dad&#039;s army) and a shipowner and trader. His name was Louis David Verbist.</p><p>The nobility crown has little to do, because I could not find his name on the list of the Belgian nobility.</p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7956" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7956" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3961.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7955" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7955" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3960.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7963" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7963" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3968.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is how do you call such a map?</p><p>Does it have a specific name.</p><p>Just like in the ovale office you see from time to time such map&#039;s holding official papers to be signed.</p><p>And during lots of other ceremonial or official hapenings...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7981" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7981" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i90.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/captur10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7961" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7961" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3966.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7962" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7962" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3967.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7964" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7964" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3969.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7965" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7965" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3970.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7966" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/17443368/7966" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f90/17/44/33/68/rimg3971.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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