Old Map of Warwick - Leicester 1579, by Christopher Saxton - Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull, Nuneaton Size:A2 (420x594mm) This map was originally published

This map was originally published on newspaper - the cheapest and most fragile type of paper

The map was published in 1671 by Richard Blome as part of an atlas - also the first that had been engraved and printed in England

and many more

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Old Map of Warwick - Leicester 1579, by Christopher Saxton - Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull, Nuneaton Size:A2 (420x594mm) This map was originally publishedCreated almost 450 years ago, this is the first ever printed map of the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire published by Christopher Saxton, the father of British cartography. My prints of this map are based on one of the finest examples of one of the best and rarest maps of Warwickshire and Leicester. There's an incredible level of detail on this map, with most towns, cities and even some villages in the West and East Midlands clearly