Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads Isle Royale

Isle Royale

The map’s detailed design and thoughtful annotations tell a compelling story of community growth

you’ll sense Portsmouth’s unique blend of tradition and innovation—traits that continue to attract visitors and nurture local pride

The map divides Roman Britain into its four historic administrative provinces: Maxima Caesariensis covering the north of England

But the Old British Isles Map Fine Print also highlights the resilience of communities that withstood shifting monarchies and transformative industrial booms

Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads Isle RoyaleGeorge Woolworth Colton ran one of the most successful American map publishing houses of the nineteenth century, and his firm's general atlases were a staple of libraries, schools, and businesses across the United States. By the 1880s the Colton company, then continued by his sons under the G. W. & C. B. Colton imprint, was producing city plans of the world's major capitals for these atlases, and its 1886 map of London and its suburbs reflects just