Wall map of Liguria
The Bangka Strait
A striking map of Pakistan from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
The only known example of Peter Schenk’s wall map of Asia
Italian Views
The siege of Gibraltar
“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
Cruchley’s New Plan of London in Miniature
Speed’s map of Persia
The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.
Cruchley’s plan of London
The first printed map of Yorkshire
“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”
Wall map of Liguria
The Bangka Strait
A striking map of Pakistan from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
The only known example of Peter Schenk’s wall map of Asia
Italian Views
The siege of Gibraltar
“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
Cruchley’s New Plan of London in Miniature
Speed’s map of Persia
The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.
Cruchley’s plan of London
The first printed map of Yorkshire
“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”
