The “Panchronologia”
By [?MARKE, John], [1678]
The earliest printed map to focus on China
By ORTELIUS, Abraham, 1584 [1595].
Forlani’s magnificent plan of Venice
By FORLANI, Paolo; ZALTIERI, Bolognini, 1566.
Precipitous prospectus for Lewis and Clark’s monumental work,… a whole seven years before it was finally published
By LEWIS, Meriwether; and William CLARK, August 10, 1807.
Smith’s rare geological survey of Berkshire
By SMITH, William, September 1st, 1821
Trinidad
By ROGGEVEEN, Arent, [c1680]
The only known example of Peter Schenk’s wall map of Asia
By SCHENK, Petrus, [c1710].
Herbert’s trade card from his London Bridge address
By HERBERT, William, [1749-1758].
John Snow’s seminal work containing his cholera map
By SNOW, John, 1855.
Daw’s detailed plan of mid-Victorian St Pancras
By DAW, Edmund, 1868.
Chelsea Physic Gardens
By HAYNES, John, March 30th, 1753.
After death, LIFE!
By HONDIUS, Hendrick, 1610