Old Map of Norfolk in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Thetford, Swaffham, Fakenham, East Anglia triptych North Lane and Gloucester Lane

North Lane and Gloucester Lane are both clearly visible in this old map

Here are some of the towns

full colour and exceedingly rare map shows the ancient county of Hampshire as it was in 1611

This map shows West Africa after the great African empires had fallen

This fascinating and rather rare map

Old Map of Norfolk in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Thetford, Swaffham, Fakenham, East Anglia triptych North Lane and Gloucester LaneThis is an exceedingly rare, old full colour map of Norfolk created by master mapmaker Joan Blaeu from his workshop in Amsterdam and originally published in this Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus in 1665. Originally handcoloured almost 400 years ago, this is one of the finest examples of this map that I've ever seen. This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but it looks