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Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : Tabula Europae I
Date: c. 1550 Size: 16 x 12 inches
Published: Basel
Description: Great Britain and Ireland based on the geography of Cladius Ptolemy, the 2nd century Greco-Roman cartographer. Scotland veers off at a sharp angle. Tribal names are given. [Shirley 27]
Map Ref: GB1702

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Cartographer: George Lily
Title: : Britannia
Date: 1562 Size: 14 x 20 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Very rare 16th Century map of the United Kingdom accompanied by panels of descriptive Latin text. Published by Ferando di Bertelli and most likely engraved by Paolo Forlani. [Shirley 70]
Map Ref: GB255

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Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : Engellandt mit dem anstoffenden Reich Schottland so vorzeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheisen
Date: c. 1590 Size: 14 x 12 inches
Published: Basel
Description: Early woodcut map of Great Britain and Ireland on an east-west orientation. Ships and sea monsters decorate the surrounding seas. [Shirley 148]
Map Ref: GB1745

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Britannicarum Insularum Vetus Descriptio
Date: 1590 Size: 19 x 29 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Rare two-sheet map of ancient Great Britain and Ireland decorated with strapwork cartouches and a naval battle scene, the most elaborate on any of Ortelius's maps. Fine original hand-colour.
Map Ref: GB1965

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 14 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Early map of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Latin text on verso. Striking original colour. [Van den Broeke: Ort.16]
Map Ref: GB1869

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Cartographer: Tomaso Porcacchi
Title: : Inghilterra
Date: 1604 Size: 6 x 4 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Early miniature copper-engraved map of Great Britain and Ireland decorated with sea monsters and a compass rose.
Map Ref: GB1966

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Cartographer: Tomaso Porcacchi
Title: : Descrittione Dell' Isola D'Inghilterra
Date: 1604 Size: 6 x 10 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Early map of Great Britain and Ireland oriented on its side with north on the right, and with sea monsters in the surrounding seas. Descriptive text in Italian below and on the verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: GB1452

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Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : The Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Date: 1611 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Seminal map of the United Kingdom for the First Edition of "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine". Embellished with panoramas of London and Edinburgh, decorative cartouches and sea monsters. English text on verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: GB1860

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Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : The Kingdome of Great Brtaine and Ireland
Date: 1614 Size: 22 x 17 inches
Published: London
Description: The British Isles, from the second edition of Speed's seminal atlas, 'The Theatre of Great Britaine'. Vignettes of London and Edinburgh. Medallions feature Brittania and Cunobelinus. English text on verso.
Map Ref: GB1790

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Cartographer: Giovanni Antonio Magini
Title: : Britanicae Insulae
Date: 1617 Size: 7 x 5 inches
Published: Arnhem
Description: Great Britain by Magini based partly on the maps by Ortelius and Mercator. Unusually strong and crisp impression.
Map Ref: GB1982

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Cartographer: David Custodis
Title: : Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Sive Britannicarum Insularum
Date: 1627 Size: 12 x 11 inches
Published: Frankfurt
Description: Unusual map of the British Isles orientated east to west and based on the basic outline used by Abraham Ortelius in 1570 but with added geograhical names and detail.
Map Ref: GB1940

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Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Les Isles La Grande Bretagne / Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia
Date: 1630 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Striking map of the British Isles. Johannes Cloppenburgh Edition, with French text on verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: GB1863

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Cartographer: Jan Blaeu
Title: : Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum, praefertim durante illorum Heptarchia
Date: c. 1640 Size: 21 x 17 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Great Britain during the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy with side-panels depicting the conversion of the Anglo-Saxon kings to Christianity. Fine original hand colour.
Map Ref: GB1914

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Cartographer: Henricus Hondius
Title: : Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula
Date: 1642 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Splendid decorative map of Great Britain enlivened with a variety of vignettes and cartouches. Original hand colouring.
Map Ref: GB1850

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Cartographer: Wenceslaus Hollar
Title: : [Great Britain and Ireland]
Date: c. 1643 Size: 14 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Early allegorical map of Great Britain and Ireland, with part of north western Europe published during the English Civil War (1642 – 1651) and Bohemian Civil War. Framed. [Shirley: 529]
Map Ref: GB1949

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Cartographer: Matthaus Merian
Title: : Magna Britanniae et Hiberniae Nova Descriptio
Date: c. 1658 Size: 14 x 12 inches
Published: Frankfurt
Description: Rare map of Great Britain based on an earlier map by the Jansson firm first issued in 1638. Decorative elements include a large Royal coat of arms, many sailing ships, and a scrollwork box containing an inset of the Orkneys.
Map Ref: GB1907

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