Old Map of Hampshire, 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke, Farnborough, Havant Size:A2 (420x594mm) just about every town north

just about every town north of the river in London

Birmingham (then Bermicham)

published in 1605 by Abraham Ortelius

Littlehampton (then just called Hampton)

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

Old Map of Hampshire, 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke, Farnborough, Havant Size:A2 (420x594mm) just about every town northThis 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