Old Map of Channel Isles, 1611 by John Speed - Jersey, Guernsey, Farne Islands, Holy Island Size:24x36in (60x90cm) and the District Railway are

and the District Railway are all here

which focuses on the city centre parts of the modern day boroughs of Islington and Hackney

but the map extends all the way out to most of London's suburbs

Fast forward 250 years and you'd see the Tate Modern and Royal Festival Hall on the south side of the river

colour map of central Dublin was drawn by W

Old Map of Channel Isles, 1611 by John Speed - Jersey, Guernsey, Farne Islands, Holy Island Size:24x36in (60x90cm) and the District Railway areThis old, full colour and exceedingly rare map shows two of the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey), plus Holy Island and the Farne Isles off the coast of Northumberland, in 1611. It was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, and originally published in Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine". This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but it looks