Old World Map, 1872 by Fullarton - Victorian Double Hemisphere Projection Atlas, Rivers, Mountains (No Everest!) national watermills

watermills

a bit more British

full colour and exceedingly rare map shows the ancient county of Cheshire in 1611

The map shows where each of the 164 dog breeds originated - and as you'd expect

it's mostly just fields

Old World Map, 1872 by Fullarton - Victorian Double Hemisphere Projection Atlas, Rivers, Mountains (No Everest!) national watermillsThis old, full colour and wonderful map shows the world as it was in 1872. It was engraved by G. H. Swanston and published by A. Fullarton & Co. Rather unusually, the world is presented as double hemispheres rather than the Mercator projection. The world map is surrounded by gorgeous details, such as illustrations of the world's major river systems (Amazon, Volga, Danube, Mississippi Missouri, etc) and also a side on view of the world's largest