this pictorial map of Liverpool is a world away from a conventional street plan
this fascinating map looks back nearly two thousand years to chart Britain as it stood before and during the Roman conquest
Meticulously rendered from historic sketches
and his workshop's re-engraving preserved Saxton's geography while giving it a visual polish that English printers of the time rarely matched
The illustrated details of iconic churches
Old Map of Glamorgan, Wales in 1611 by John Speed - Cardiff, Swansea, Bridgend, Port Talbot, Barry Size:18x24 inch - UNFRAMED this pictorial map of LiverpoolJohn Speed was a tailor by trade before he turned to cartography, and by 1611 his atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine had made him the best known English mapmaker of his generation. His map of Glamorgan, engraved for that atlas and first published in 1611, follows the format Speed used across his English and Welsh counties: an inset town plan, a decorative cartouche naming the county's lords, and small figures in local dress decorating