A children's book telling the story of two siblings who navigate their way to a county fair using an Ordnance Survey map, learning how to use it and read the symbols in the process. John and Joanna set out for Dumbleford and on the way the map 'comes to life' as they learn how it relates to the actual countryside, and throws up several adventures on the way.
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A children's book telling the story of two siblings who navigate their way to a county fair using an Ordnance Survey map, learning how to use it and read the symbols in the process. John and Joanna set out for Dumbleford and on the way the map 'comes to life' as they learn how it relates to the actual countryside, and throws up several adventures on the way.
Five Go Mapping
1 × £500![ORTELIUS, Abra[ham] [Autograph letter to his nephew].](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202904%204143%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Ortelius writes to his “most brilliant and dearest nephew”
1 × £50,000
“the great prose epic of the Elizabethan period” – the first English map on Mercator’s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name “Virginia”
1 × £800,000![ORTELIUS, Abra[ham] [Autograph letter to his nephew].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/15764_1H.jpg?fit=2904%2C4143&ssl=1)
Ortelius writes to his “most brilliant and dearest nephew” 
“the great prose epic of the Elizabethan period” – the first English map on Mercator’s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name “Virginia” 
