From the sixth volume of van Keulen’s ‘Zee-Fakkel’
Speed’s map of Oxfordshire
One of the most dramatic world maps of the eighteenth century
Controversial contention on circumnavigation
“Huc Franciscus Dra. Appulit”
A sea of stories
“… exporting all over the world a great abundance of fragrant spices” (caption)
Lea’s edition of Saxton’s map of Norfolk
“from the most correct charts that the Portuguese pilots make use of” (Linschoten)
Sign on the meridian line
D is for Drawing Master
The eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait
