Old maps are a source of endless fascination for me as well many others .... so I was pleased when many news outlets published an old and previously lost map of the County of Lancashire in England. Dated from 1602 AD, and part of a set of fifteen from which it had become detached centuries ago, before recently being found again.
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| Old Lancashire Map |
This was of course before the
Great mapping of Britain and Ireland in the 18th and19th centuries .....
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| The Modern Version Of The Same Area In Lancashire |
I was particularly interested to compare it with the Google version of the same area .... and I can say that its not bad, but also that looking at it
"I can see my house from here".
It was an early attempt to accurately and proportionately display the
features of the area it was covering but was an improvement on the first
non topological
Gough map of Britain which was stitched together between 1355 AD and 1366 AD.
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| Gough Map Of Britain 1355 AD To 1366 Ad |
Funny how they never got the shape right
(because they believed the world centred on Jerusalem), but you can see what countries it represents ....
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