Old Map of Ukraine, 1770 - Kiev Governate, Russian Empire - Kremenchuk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Cities, War Size:48x60in (120x150cm) full colour and exceedingly rare

full colour and exceedingly rare map shows the "Kingdome of England" (England and Wales) as it was in 1611

Penang or the Malay peninsula

Dotted across the maps are cute observations and literary phrases

work leaving or housewarming gift for someone from Glamorganshire or who has south Wales in their heart

Christmas or Father's Day gift for someone from Africa or who is interested in pre-colonial Africa and the start of the slave trade

Old Map of Ukraine, 1770 - Kiev Governate, Russian Empire - Kremenchuk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Cities, War Size:48x60in (120x150cm) full colour and exceedingly rareA gorgeous map of the Kiev Governorate (Guberniya), originally published in 1770 by Jakob Friedrich Schmidt of St Petersburg. At the time Kiev was mostly an autonomous region, but 5 years later in 1775 Catherine the Great of Russia would abolish its autonomy and fully absorb the region as part of the Russian Empire. Fast forward a couple of centuries, of course, and the region's geopolitics are once again very complicated. This is one of the most, if