Very Old Map of the British Isles, 1562 by George Lily - First True Map of Great Britain and Ireland - Bertelli & Lafreri Version of George Lily's Map Finish:Map Kentishtown

Kentishtown

Many of London's landmarks are already visible on this map

and the London towns that would eventually become boroughs

Across the top edge of the map is the Picts Wall - Hadrian's Wall - the border with Scotland

The frame is a nice

Very Old Map of the British Isles, 1562 by George Lily - First True Map of Great Britain and Ireland - Bertelli & Lafreri Version of George Lily's Map Finish:Map KentishtownThis is the first truly modern map of the British Isles, showing Great Britain, Ireland, the Orkneys and Hebrides, and parts of north Europe. This map was published in 1562 by Ferrando Bertelli of the Italian Lafreri school of mapmakers, but it's an almost exact copy of George Lily's earlier 1546 map. For the most part, the cartography of England and Scotland are fairly accurate but Ireland is.. quite primitive to say the least. The two inset