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Robert Morden's county maps, like this one of Cornwall, were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition* of William Camden's Britannia. Camden was an ...

Robert Morden's country maps, like this one of Suffolk, were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition* of William Camden's Britannia. Camden was an ...

Robert Morden's county maps, like this one of Surrey, were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition* of William Camden's Britannia. Camden was an El...

Robert Morden's county maps, like this one of Lancashire (the county palatine of Lancaster), were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition* of Willi...

Plan du Port et de la Ville de Nangasaki This is a plan of the port city of Nagaski, one of Japan’s chief points of contact with the outside world ...

Carte de Isles du Japont et la presqu' Isle de Coree avec les costes de la Chine depuis Pekin jusqua Canton . . . Bellin compiled maps like this on...

L’Empire du Chine pour servir a l’Histoire Universelle, d’une Societe de Gens de Lettres Our example of Bellin’s map of China, with text in French ...

Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed for John Ogilby’s pioneering road atlas, the ‘Britannia’. The decorative cartouche on this map of the roa...

Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed for John Ogilby’s pioneering road atlas, the ‘Britannia’. This sheet shows the roads between the Cumbrian...

Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed for John Ogilby’s pioneering road atlas, the ‘Britannia’. This sheet covers the road between High Barnet ...

Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed for John Ogilby’s pioneering road atlas, the ‘Britannia’. This sheet covers the road between Bagshot in S...

Our journey to Hythe begins in London and follows the road through East Peckham and Eltham, reaching Hythe via Maidstone. Thousands of miles of roa...

Our journey to Dover begins in London and follows the road through Deptford, Blackheath, Shooter’s Hill, and Dartford, reaching Dover via Rochester...

Our journey takes us along the road between the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, via Bedford. Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed fo...

Our journey begins in London and follows the road west through Knightsbridge and Kensington (with Hyde Park to one side), Hammersmith and Turnham G...

This map of the British Isles is aligned with west at the top of the map and north on the right, which makes better use of the available space on t...

This 'carte à figure' map of Italy includes eight costume vignettes and six city views around the edges, with the coats of arms of Corsica and Sard...

This road map includes London, Islington, and Highgate, and extends as far as Towcester. It was published as sheet 21 in the 1698 folio edition of ...

The Argonautica illustrates the mythical voyage of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The map shows Black Sea and easter...

This attractive, detailed map of the county of Middlesex is unsigned; as yet, we have been unable to identify the engraver. Do feel free to write t...

Ellis' map of Middlesex conveys a wealth of detailed information: borough towns are shown with stars identifying the number of Members returned to ...

This map of Middlesex included a vignette of St. Paul's Cathedral. It was published in James Bell’s 'New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and...

Pas-Caart van de Oost Zee Verthoonende alle de Ghelegentheydt tusschen t'Eylandt Rugen ende Wyborg From one of the finest Dutch marine atlases of t...

This map of the Heptarchy, or seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, was engraved by William Hole for the first illustrated edition of William Camden's Britan...

Cassell's 'immense map' of London was prepared for the Weekly Dispatch and published in nine parts between January 1861 and April 1862. This exampl...

This map of Suffolk is from a series of maps engraved between 1787-1791 by Edward Sudlow after John Haywood. It was subsequently published in atlas...

Robert Morden's maps were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprinted in 1722 and ...

This map of Middlesex is illustrated with vignettes of Buckingham Palace (before its early 20th century re-modelling) and the ‘new’ Houses of Parli...

Engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis' ‘Illustrated Atlas’, this map of the world shows tracks for all three of Cook’s voyages and includes a vig...

Suthsexia, vernacule Sussex Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 38.5 x 50.5 cm, modern hand-colour, closed centrefold split with some margi...

Limestreet Ward divided into Parishes according to a late Survey Possibly engraved by Thomas Bowen and first published in the London Magazine, this...

Cheap Ward with its Divisions into Parishes according to a New Survey This ward plan of Cheap was published in the greatly expanded second edition ...

This tiny map of Scotland was engraved by Pieter van den Keere for the Caert-thresoor published by Cornelis Claesz and Barent Langenes in 1598. Deg...

This map of Wales is from an edition of the pocket atlas which is often referred to as the ‘miniature Speed’: maps by Pieter van den Keere illustra...

Pomerania, running along the Baltic coast between Rostock and Gdansk, is now divided between Germany and Poland. The 'Atlas Minor’ was a pocket atl...

This map of Glasgow is one of the town plans published in Tallis’ hugely popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’ which was published serially from the mid 1840...

This map of Edinburgh is one of the town plans in Tallis’ hugely popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’ which was published serially from the mid 1840s onward...

This is a map of the Italian island of Sardinia, oriented with north to the left of the map. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, sheet size...

[Title-page] Atlas Novus This title-page shows Europe, seated, accepting tribute from the other continents: Asia, Africa and America. In the foregr...

Brilium, Holandiae Opp. Ob Intestinum Batavicum Bellum, Quod Anno Partae Salutis, M.D.LXXII. Calend Aprlis, Hic Initium Sumpsit, Famosum. [Brielle,...

Brunopolis [with] Luneburgum [and] Brema [and] Aldenburgum Holsatiae Four north German towns are shown here on one sheet: Braunschweig, Lüneburg an...

Magdeburgum, a Venere quae hic quondam colebatur Parthenopolis dicta, metropolitica Saxoniae urbs The cartouche on this plan of Magdeburg refers to...

Fribergum Misinae The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth-century, printed over 45 ye...

Wesalia in Ducatu Clivensi Urbs Clara Opibus The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth...

[Title-page] Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas, Tome Troisieme Copper engraved title-page, 37.5 x 23.5 cm, later hand-colour, blank verso...

Eboracensis Comitatus […] pars Orientalis, vulgo East Riding. This map of the East Riding is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translat...

Wesmorlandia e comitatis. This map of Westmorland is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia into English, ...

This map of Sussex was first issued in The London Magazine, which between 1747 and 1754 published a complete set of English county maps by Thomas K...