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# A half-naked lady with a remarkable coiffure sits enthroned upon a sumptuous chariot drawn by two exceedingly large armadillos
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/poluobnazhionnaia-dama-s-vydaiushcheisia-pricheskoi-vossedaet-na-bogatoi-kolesnitse-zapriazhennoi-dvumia-chrezvychaino-krupnymi-bronenostsami/
- Published: 2021-06-23T17:28:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:40:59.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Geography, Art, Maps, Monarchies, Humour

A half-naked lady with a remarkable coiffure sits enthroned upon a sumptuous chariot drawn by two exceedingly large armadillos. Why, this is America, of course! One guesses it at the first glance. At any rate, this is the image chosen for that enchanting part of the world by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, who drew a pack of 52 cards with allegorical depictions of continents and countries, commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin for the young Louis XIV