British Isles

  • Johannes Janssonius:  Hibernia Regnum vulgo Ireland. Amstelodami, Apud Ioannem Ianssonium

    Amsterdam, circa 1636

    Original old hand coloured map of Ireland by J. Janssonius. One of the most beautiful maps of Ireland. Decorative title cartouche with the Irish harp and Royal arms above. Showing the coasts of...

    Hibernia Regnum vulgo Ireland. Amstelodami, Apud Ioannem Ianssonium
    1636 - Johannes Janssonius
    11445

    Old coloured map of the British Islands. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1636.

  • Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  Cantabrigiensis Comitatus, Cambridge Shire.

    Blaeu Family, Amsterdam, circa 1645

    Attractive map of the country of Cambridgeshire in England by Blaeu in original old colours. With coats-of-arms of noble families and colleges. French text on verso.

    Cantabrigiensis Comitatus, Cambridge Shire.
    1645 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
    11195

    Old coloured map of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu Family circa 1645.

  • Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  Penbrochia Comitatus et Comitatus Caermaridunum

    Amsterdam, circa 1648

    Attractive map of the country of Pembrokeshire in UK by J. Blaeu. From a Dutch edition of "Atlas Maior" in beautiful colour. With 13 coats of arms, one cartouche and two sailing ships. Dutch text...

    Penbrochia Comitatus et Comitatus Caermaridunum
    1648 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
    10412

    Coloured map of Pembrokeshire. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1648.

  • Johannes Janssonius:  Pascaart vant Canaal tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck, alsmede geheel Ierlant en Schotlant ......

    Johannis Janssonius, Amsterdam, circa 1650

    Rare and very decorative sea chart of the coastal waters of the British Isles and the English Channel. Oriented to the west. Beautified with rhumb lines and two compass roses. The beautiful title...

    Pascaart vant Canaal tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck, alsmede geheel...
    1650 - Johannes Janssonius
    11764

    Old coloured sea chart of the British Isles. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannis Janssonius circa 1650.

  • Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  Essexia Comitatus

    circa 1660

    Outstanding attractive map of the country of Essex in UK. Colour is gold heightened, with king coats of arms and family coats of arms, last is empty. French text on verso, with a coloured view on...

    Essexia Comitatus
    1660 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
    10057

    Coloured map of Essex. Printed circa 1660.

  • John Adams:  [Angliae totius tabula...] - An Alphabeticall Table of all the Cities and Market Towns in England...

    Philip Lea, London, 1679 (1699)

    John Adams's Exceptionally Rare Distance Map of England and Wales.A very rare large map of England and Wales by John Adams. This is the 2-sheet version of his 12-sheet wall map of 1677...

    [Angliae totius tabula...] - An Alphabeticall Table of all the Cities...
    1679 - John Adams
    12435

    Old coloured map of England and Wales. Printed in London by Philip Lea in 1699.

  • Johannes van Keulen:  Paskaart van de West Cust van Yrlandt beginnnende van Klady tot aen de Blasques ...

    Hendrick Doncker, Amsterdam, 1681

    Sea chart of the west coast of Ireland by Johannes van Keulen. Shows the coastline from the Aran Islands to the Great Blasket Islands. Beautified with two decorative cartouches, sailing ships and...

    Paskaart van de West Cust van Yrlandt beginnnende van Klady tot aen de...
    1681 - Johannes van Keulen
    11749

    Coloured sea chart of the west coast of Ireland. Printed in Amsterdam by Hendrick Doncker in 1681.

  • Greenville Collins:  Falmount

    Freeman Collins, London, 1693-1792

    Decorative antique sea chart of the Falmouth River in Cornwall, the southwestern part of England. Shows the Falmouth Bay and the river from the mouth with Falmouth, Pendennis Castle, Penryn, St...

    Falmount
    1693 - Greenville Collins
    11781

    Coloured sea chart of the Falmouth River and Helford River, Cornwall, England. Printed in London between 1693 and 1792.

  • Greenville Collins:  Prospect of Leith from the east - To the Right Honourable Sr. James Fleming, Lord Provost of ye...

    Freeman Collins, London, 1693-1792

    Decorative antique nautical chart of the coast of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Shows the coastline with a detailed plan of Leith. The bridge, which was built in the 15th century and demolished in...

    Prospect of Leith from the east - To the Right Honourable Sr. James...
    1693 - Greenville Collins
    11782

    Antique nautical sea chart of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Printed in London between 1693 and 1792.

  • Greenville Collins:  This Chart of Kingsale Harbour...

    Freeman Collins, London, 1693-1792

    Decorative antique sea chart of Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland. Shows the coastline from the lighthouse at the Old Head of Kinsale to Ballymacus. Kinsale Harbour at the mouth of the River Bandon...

    This Chart of Kingsale Harbour...
    1693 - Greenville Collins
    11787

    Coloured sea chart of Kingsale Harbour, County Cork. Printed in London by Freeman Collins between 1693 and 1792.

  • Greenville Collins:  To the Honourable Sir Ralph Delavalk Vice Admirall of the Red...

    Freeman Collins, London, 1693-1792

    Decorative antique sea chart of the North Sea by Captain Greenville Collins. Showing the east coast of England from Dover to Edinburgh. In the southeast the coastline of Belgium and the Netherlands...

    To the Honourable Sir Ralph Delavalk Vice Admirall of the Red...
    1693 - Greenville Collins
    12048

    Coloured sea chart of the North Sea, England. Printed in London by Freeman Collins between 1693 and 1792.

  • Greenville Collins:  Burlington Bay, Scarbrough & Hartlepoole

    Freeman Collins, London, 1693-1792

    Decorative sea chart of Yorkshire and Durham by Captain Greenville Collins. Three sea charts on one sheet. Above the coastline with Bridlington and Hornsea, below left Hartlepool and right...

    Burlington Bay, Scarbrough & Hartlepoole
    1693 - Greenville Collins
    12050

    Sea chart of Durham, Yorkshire, England. Printed in London by Freeman Collins between 1693 and 1792.

  • Robert Morden:  The smaller Islands in the British Ocean. By Robt. Morden. Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham and John...

    London, 1695

    Contemporary hand coloured engraved map of the small islands in the sea around Britain by Robert Morden. Eight maps on one sheet. Displaying the Isle of Wight, Farne Islands, Holy Island, Isle of...

    The smaller Islands in the British Ocean. By Robt. Morden. Sold by Abel...
    1695 - Robert Morden
    11272

    Old coloured map of Guernsey, Wight, Jersey, Isle of Man. Printed in London in the year 1695.

  • Covens and Mortier:  Carte de la Mer d'Allemagne ... depuis Bergen et les Isles Schetland jusques au Pas de Calais

    Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1700

    Very large sea chart of the North Sea by J. Covens and P. Mortier. Showing the coast of the North Sea with the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the Scottish and English east coast, Calais and Dover,...

    Carte de la Mer d'Allemagne ... depuis Bergen et les Isles Schetland...
    1700 - Covens and Mortier
    12057

    Coloured sea chart of the North Sea. Printed in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier circa 1700.

  • Robert Morden:  The West Riding of York Shire by Rob. Morden.

    Thomas Cockerill, London, 1701

    Coloured engraved country map of the West riding Yorkshire by Robert Morden from The New Description and State of England, containing the Mapps of the Counties of England and Wales . Showing the...

    The West Riding of York Shire by Rob. Morden.
    1701 - Robert Morden
    11876

    Coloured map of Yorkshire, England. Printed in London by Thomas Cockerill in 1701.

  • Christoph Weigel:  Regni Hiberniae accurata tabula…

    Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718

    Antique map of Ireland by Christoph Weigel. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche. From Bequemer Schul- und Reisen-Atlas also titled Atlas scholasticus et itinerarius by Christoph Weigel....

    Regni Hiberniae accurata tabula…
    1718 - Christoph Weigel
    11970

    Old coloured map of Ireland. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Hiberniae Regnum tam in Praecipuas Ultoniae, Connaciae, Laceniae et Momoniae quam in Minores...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720

    Old coloured engraved map of Ireland by Johann Baptist Homann. The beautiful title cartouche shows the Irish coat of arms with the Celtic harp, below a decorative mileage scale with the coat of...

    Hiberniae Regnum tam in Praecipuas Ultoniae, Connaciae, Laceniae et...
    1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
    11759

    Old coloured map of Ireland. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.

  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Magnae Britanniae Pars Septentrionalis qua Regnum Scotiae ...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720

    Old coloured engraved map of Scotland by Johann Baptist Homann. The beautiful title cartouche shows the coat of arms of the United Kingdom, on the upper right a decorative mileage scale with the...

    Magnae Britanniae Pars Septentrionalis qua Regnum Scotiae ...
    1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
    11760

    Old coloured map of Scotland. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.

  • Gulielmus Rastrick:  Ichnographia Burgi perantiqui Lennae regis in Agro Norfolciensi accurate delineata Ano MDCCXXV.

    London, 1725

    Important and very rare plan of King's Lynn A large and detailed copper engraved plan of King's Lynn Harbour in Norfolk, drawn and published by Gulielmus Rastrick in 1725. Oriented with north...

    Ichnographia Burgi perantiqui Lennae regis in Agro Norfolciensi accurate...
    1725 - Gulielmus Rastrick
    10982

    Antique map of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Printed in London in the year 1725.

  • Homann Erben:  Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Surburbii Southwark... Neuester Grundris der Staedte...

    Homann Erben, Nuremberg, circa 1736

    Very large plan of London, on three joined sheets. The plan was published in 1736 by the successors of J. B. Homann in Nuremberg and is one of the most beautiful and detailed plans of London of...

    Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Surburbii Southwark......
    1736 - Homann Erben
    11904

    Old coloured city plan of London, England. Printed in Nuremberg by Homann Erben circa 1736.

  • Alexander Downing:  A New and Accurate Plan of the Ancient Borough of Bury Saint Edmunds in the Country of Suffolk By...

    A. Downing, London, 1741

    Important and very rare plan of Bury St. Edmunds by A. Downing A large and detailed copper engraved plan of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, drawn and published by Alexander Downing in 1741, engraved...

    A New and Accurate Plan of the Ancient Borough of Bury Saint Edmunds in...
    1741 - Alexander Downing
    10981

    Antique map of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Printed in London by A. Downing in 1741.

  • Emanuel Bowen:  A New and Accurate Map of Great Britain & Ireland, together with their respective Islands

    E. Bowen, London, 1747

    Bowen's map of the British Isles from 'A Complete System of Geography'. With an elaborate allegorical naval cartouche and two compass roses.

    A New and Accurate Map of Great Britain & Ireland, together with their...
    1747 - Emanuel Bowen
    11024

    Antique map of the British Isles. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

  • Emanuel Bowen:  A New and Accurate Map of Ireland ...

    E. Bowen, London, 1747

    Decorative engraved map of Ireland by Bowen from 'A Complete System of Geography'. Decorated with one cartouche, a compass rose and a mileage scale.

    A New and Accurate Map of Ireland ...
    1747 - Emanuel Bowen
    11112

    Antique map of Ireland. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

  • Emanuel Bowen:  A New and Accurate Map of Scotland Compiled from Surveys, and the Most Approved Maps and Charts

    E. Bowen, London, 1747

    Decorative engraved map of Scotland by Bowen from 'A Complete System of Geography'. Decorated with one cartouche, a compass rose and a mileage scale.

    A New and Accurate Map of Scotland Compiled from Surveys, and the Most...
    1747 - Emanuel Bowen
    11113

    Antique map of Scotland. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

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