Chapter 4 The seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries transformed mapmaking in Britain. Publishers became increasingly influential, Dutch engraving set an international standard, and new … More Old Maps of Britain: A History from 1601 to 1755 »
Chapter 3 This chapter traces the rapid development of English mapmaking during the sixteenth century. New surveying instruments, copperplate engraving and the demands of … More Old Maps of England: A History from 1500 to 1600 »
Chapter 2 Sometime before 1150 a group of scholars, which soon became famous, had been formed by the Benedictines at the Abbey of St. … More Matthew Paris’s Map of Britain »
Chapter 1 Maps have been around since time immemorial. Here we attempt a short guide to historic old English maps featuring the most important … More 1) Historic Old Maps »
