Old Map of the Dutch East Indies in 1872 by Fullarton - Borneo, Java, Indonesia, Colonialism, Indian Ocean SDUK and the lovely Ducking Pond

and the lovely Ducking Pond Row

Walton-on-Thames (before 1086 AD): Site of a Roman fort

In the top left is a beautiful cartouche declaring that the map is the Kingdom of Ireland

but at larger sizes it looks magnificent

At the time

Old Map of the Dutch East Indies in 1872 by Fullarton - Borneo, Java, Indonesia, Colonialism, Indian Ocean SDUK and the lovely Ducking PondThis Victorian masterpiece map of the Dutch East Indies, with its rich original handcolouring, was first published in 1872 by A. Fullarton & Co. in its seminal Royal Illustrated Atlas. The map was engraved by G. H Swanston and is notable for being the last great highly decorative world atlas. Known as the Netherlands East Indies, the Dutch controlled what is now part of Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies was considered one of the most valuable colonies,