Old Map of Kent in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Margate, Bromley, Canterbury, Maidstone, Tunbridge, Dartford Size:24x32 inch - UNFRAMED and hope in a time

and hope in a time when diesel engines were still overtaking traditional sails

and diaspora stories that shaped global ties

The map’s presence invites stories of old Moscow and reflections on how much has changed

Sailors will appreciate the precise references to buoys and hazards

Sweeping lines and vibrant colors bring to life iconic locales like Yellowstone’s steaming geysers

Old Map of Kent in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Margate, Bromley, Canterbury, Maidstone, Tunbridge, Dartford Size:24x32 inch - UNFRAMED and hope in a timeWhat sets Joan Blaeu's map of Kent apart from the English county maps it was based on is the sheer decorative ambition of the Amsterdam workshop that produced it. Issued in Blaeu's Atlas Maior of 1662, with the well known 1665 edition following soon after, the map reworked Christopher Saxton's late sixteenth century survey of Kent into an engraving dressed with a scrolled cartouche, coats of arms, and a compass rose typical of Dutch cartography's