Very Old Map of the British Isles, 1562 by George Lily - First True Map of Great Britain and Ireland - Bertelli & Lafreri Version of George Lily's Map Finish:Map rarest and most beautiful maps

rarest and most beautiful maps of London

To find one of Vrients' atlas maps in this good condition is extremely unusual

Kentishtown

including the Town Hall

along with the Monarch's motto Dieu et mon droit - God and my right

Very Old Map of the British Isles, 1562 by George Lily - First True Map of Great Britain and Ireland - Bertelli & Lafreri Version of George Lily's Map Finish:Map rarest and most beautiful mapsThis is the first truly modern map of the British Isles, showing Great Britain, Ireland, the Orkneys and Hebrides, and parts of north Europe. This map was published in 1562 by Ferrando Bertelli of the Italian Lafreri school of mapmakers, but it's an almost exact copy of George Lily's earlier 1546 map. For the most part, the cartography of England and Scotland are fairly accurate but Ireland is.. quite primitive to say the least. The two inset