Old Map of Hampshire, 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke, Farnborough, Havant Size:A2 (420x594mm) or housewarming gift for someone

or housewarming gift for someone who is a proud Mancunian or somebody who finds themselves connected to Manchester

just about every town north of the river in London

most of Texas's modern counties had already been incorporated and their borders defined - though you'll notice that many of the borders have changed significantly over the last 150 years

It's a beautiful map that shows London when much of the area was still fields and forests

but Gloucestershire just pokes its head in at the top with Bristol

Old Map of Hampshire, 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke, Farnborough, Havant Size:A2 (420x594mm) or housewarming gift for someoneThis is an exceedingly rare, old full colour map of Hampshire created by master mapmaker Joan Blaeu from his workshop in Amsterdam and originally published in this Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus in 1665. Originally handcoloured almost 400 years ago, this is one of the finest examples of this map that I've ever seen. This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16 inches (31x41cm), 18x24 inches (45. 5x61cm) and 24x36 inches (61x91. 5cm), but it