the atlas that established him as England's foremost county cartographer of the Jacobean age
or even a cozy cabin – adding a touch of explorer’s spirit to the décor
On the Westminster bank the sheet shows the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey close by Millbank
and a thoughtful Christmas gift for family who have moved away from the region
This print is a perfect addition for collectors of maritime history
Old Map of Hertfordshire in 1844 by Samuel Lewis - St Albans, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hitchin Size:A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED the atlas that established himBy 1844, Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of England had run through several editions, and the county map bound into each volume gave readers a visual companion to his parish by parish entries on population, churches, and local trade. Hertfordshire's map plots a county already reshaped by its nearness to London, its market towns strung along old coaching roads and its farmland increasingly given over to feeding the capital. St Albans anchors