Blaeu’s Map of Elba war and conflict Quarter mile radius map of

Quarter mile radius map of the area around Paddington Station

Eclipsed by some of his great contemporaries

Thomas Smith wrote a number of books on London history

he had great experience of frontier mapping in particular

This pictorial map grouping the three counties northeast of London was published by British Railways (Eastern Region) to promote leisure travel just before the Beeching cuts

Blaeu’s Map of Elba war and conflict Quarter mile radius map ofThis is the Tuscan island of Elba, a map newly added to the Atlas Novus in 1640. Koeman records that it was first published in the French text edition of the same year. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, sheet size 49. 5 x 30 cm, map 20 x 25. 5 cm, modern hand colour, set within Latin text with further text on verso. References Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 36A.