Arcaxon in the 16th century
In the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence there is a room called the Stanza del Guardaroba, a hall full of geographical maps. There are 53 maps painted on the cabinets in the 16th century and to my surprise on the map of France you can clearly mark out the town of "Arcaxon" in Guyenne (notice also Dax, Souillac and a few others...). Arcachon is the town in the South West of France were I have spent most of my childhood's summers: it's pretty amazing to find it on a 16th century map in Tuscany.
