Old Colour Map of South London in 1891 - Camberwell, Peckham, Walworth, Nunhead, Old Kent Road - SE5, SE17, SE15, SE1, SE16 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) particularly in full colour

particularly in full colour

created by Charles Booth in 1898-9

created by the father of English cartography Christopher Saxton

The NSW penal colony had been founded about 60 years prior in 1788 - and you can see that many of Australia's coastal cities had already been founded

South America is basically empty

Old Colour Map of South London in 1891 - Camberwell, Peckham, Walworth, Nunhead, Old Kent Road - SE5, SE17, SE15, SE1, SE16 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) particularly in full colourOriginally 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