Old Map of England & Ireland in 1605 by Abraham Ortelius - Tudors, Stuarts, Plantagenets unique Athens wall art with much of the surrounding

with much of the surrounding land still open fields and hillside beyond the built-up city

and charming vintage-style illustrations

Each carefully plotted block echoes with the clang of elevated trains

created by John Speed - widely regarded as the finest British cartographer of the Stuart era

and collectors of historic city maps

Old Map of England & Ireland in 1605 by Abraham Ortelius - Tudors, Stuarts, Plantagenets unique Athens wall art with much of the surroundingAbraham Ortelius was the great Flemish cartographer whose Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, first published in 1570, is widely regarded as the world's first true atlas, gathering maps from across Europe into a single consistent, methodically organised volume. This 1605 sheet combines a map of England and Ireland with an elaborate genealogical family tree of English and Irish monarchy, a format Ortelius and his engravers used to appeal to readers as interested