Old World Map, 1700 - Rare Monochrome Antique Atlas Map, Vintage Wall Art by Paolo Petrini Size:12x16in (30x40cm) full colour and wonderful map

full colour and wonderful map shows the ancient county of Oxfordshire as it was in 1611

Inset in the bottom left is a map of the Florida Keys

Big cities

but just about legible

New York in 1926 by Charles Vernon Farrow shows you what the island looked like before the Empire State Building or World Trade Centre was built

Old World Map, 1700 - Rare Monochrome Antique Atlas Map, Vintage Wall Art by Paolo Petrini Size:12x16in (30x40cm) full colour and wonderful mapThis is probably the rarest antique atlas world map that has ever been published. Created around 1700 by Paolo Petrini in Naples, Italy, there are almost no copies of this map still in circulation. To buy the actual antique map would cost you more than 50,000. This variant is even rarer than the handcoloured version. Back in the 1700s, our understanding of the world wasn't quite what it is today. California is an island! There's still no Antarctica