from matplotlib.offsetbox import AnchoredText
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cfeature
import cartopy.io.shapereader as shpreader

def main():
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12,8))
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
    ax.set_extent([70, 150, 0, 55], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())

    # Put a background image on for nice sea rendering.
    ax.stock_img()



    SOURCE = 'Natural Earth'
    LICENSE = 'public domain'

    ax.add_feature(cfeature.LAND)
    ax.add_feature(cfeature.COASTLINE)
    # ax.add_feature(states_provinces, edgecolor='gray')

    filepath = '.\bou2_4l.shp'

    reader = shpreader.Reader(filepath)

    geoms = reader.geometries()
    ax.add_geometries(geoms, ccrs.PlateCarree(), lw=0.5, fc='none')
    # Add a text annotation for the license information to the
    # the bottom right corner.
    text = AnchoredText('\u00A9 {}; license: {}'
                        ''.format(SOURCE, LICENSE),
                        loc=4, prop={
    
    'size': 12}, frameon=True)
    ax.add_artist(text)

    plt.show()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()