An Accurate Map of Great Britain, France & Ireland, with Part of Spain, Germany, Denmark &c.Shewing at One View the True Bearing and Horizontal Distance, of any Place within 700 Miles of London; Drawn from the Best Authorities.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Engraved map with fine hand colour. Sheet 530 x 535mm, 20¾ x 21". Trimmed to printed border at top, narrow margins on other edges; tear near centrefold at top.
An unusual hemispherical projection centred on London, allowing the compass bearings to be shown as straight lines. The 700 miles from London reaches the Faroe Islands, Bergen in Norway, Munich in Germany, Parma in Italy, the northern coasts of Majorca and Minorca, and Galicia in Spain.
[Ref: 21201] £450.00
Engraved map with fine hand colour. Sheet 530 x 535mm, 20¾ x 21". Trimmed to printed border at top, narrow margins on other edges; tear near centrefold at top.
An unusual hemispherical projection centred on London, allowing the compass bearings to be shown as straight lines. The 700 miles from London reaches the Faroe Islands, Bergen in Norway, Munich in Germany, Parma in Italy, the northern coasts of Majorca and Minorca, and Galicia in Spain.
[Ref: 21201] £450.00