Old Monochrome Map of Isle of Wight, 1611 by John Speed - Newport, Ride, Cowes, Sandown, Shanklin, Southampton Connaught the US Navy

the US Navy

The map shows the southern part of Los Angeles from a vantage point above the corner of 10th and Pearl Streets (today called Figueroa Street)

Published in 1926 by Ernest Clegg

Illinois and California can be seen and are all colour coded to show the state lines

focusing on the stretch of Thames spanned by London Bridge

Old Monochrome Map of Isle of Wight, 1611 by John Speed - Newport, Ride, Cowes, Sandown, Shanklin, Southampton Connaught the US NavyThis old and wonderful map, in its original black and white monochrome shows the ancient county of the Isle of Wight (or Wight Island as it was known then) in 1611. It was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, and originally published in Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine". This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but it looks even better when