Old Map of Russia and Tartary, 1584 by Ortelius - Rare Chart of Moscow, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan herman moll But today's numbered avenues didn't

But today's numbered avenues didn't exist back then - instead

landmarks and other university buildings

it's because it was built for the Festival of Britain

Some lines haven't yet been built or extended

This old map of "the Antarctic Regions" was originally published in Edward Stanford's 1904 world atlas - one of the finest world atlases ever created

Old Map of Russia and Tartary, 1584 by Ortelius - Rare Chart of Moscow, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan herman moll But today's numbered avenues didn'tThis is a very fine example of one of the first printed maps of Russia and parts of Tartary (sometimes known as Tartaria) what the Europeans called the vast Central Asian land east of the Caspian Sea. It was published by Dutch mapmaker Abraham Ortelius in his 1584 edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum the most important collection of world maps of the 16th century. This map was originally handcoloured almost exactly 450 years ago and has been