Old Map of British Isles by Abraham Ortelius, 1595 - England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland - Britannia, Hibernia old colour map please do get in touch

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This is the first printed map of southeast England

The rest of London was mostly villages and towns surrounded by arable land - as you can see here

Many fields were filled in with Victorian terraces and many parks were created

The model in the listing images is holding the 24x81 inch (60x45cm) version of this map

Old Map of British Isles by Abraham Ortelius, 1595 - England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland - Britannia, Hibernia old colour map please do get in touchThis is a very fine example of the very first atlas map of the British Isles by Dutch cartographer Abraham Ortelius in 1595. This map was originally handcoloured more than 425 years ago and has been lovingly restored by The Unique Maps Co. Curiously oriented to the west, with Great Britain laying horizontally in a way that you've probably never seen before, this is one of the finest and rarest old maps of what would eventually become the British