Old Colour Map of West London, 1891- Fulham, Brompton, Battersea, Hammersmith - SW6, SW10, SW15, SW18, SW10, SW11, SW5, W6 W14 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) This strikingly beautiful and interesting

This strikingly beautiful and interesting birds eye map shows the "Boomtown" city of San Francisco in 1868 after it had undergone massive expansion after the Gold Rush earlier in the 1800s

A stunning and exceptionally rare handcoloured celestial chart of the zodiac constellation Gemini

Across the bottom of the map is a key that tells you all the landmarks that are shown on the map - and if you trace your finger up from each label

Westminster had only expanded to Parliament in the south to Hyde Park in the west

North America and Pacific regions

Old Colour Map of West London, 1891- Fulham, Brompton, Battersea, Hammersmith - SW6, SW10, SW15, SW18, SW10, SW11, SW5, W6 W14 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) This strikingly beautiful and interestingOriginally hailed as "the most perfect map of London that has ever been issued" by the Royal Geographical Society when it was published in 1862, it's safe to say that Edward's Stanford's library map of London was a masterpiece of cartography. This here is a beautifully handcoloured map from the 1891 edition of Stanford's map. The map was originally published in 24 sheets. Altogether the map would've measured about 2 metres wide (78 inches). This here