Old Map of Rome, 1572 by Braun - Vatican City, Papal Palace, Forum, Pantheon, Ancient Ruins, Colosseum colonial housewarming or Christmas gift for

housewarming or Christmas gift for someone from Great Britain or who is interested in the ancient history and peoples of the British Isles

Bakerloo is brown

Wales and Ireland are already clearly visible in this map

You might be a bit surprised at just how many underground railway stations had already been built by 1928

McQuaid Tract

Old Map of Rome, 1572 by Braun - Vatican City, Papal Palace, Forum, Pantheon, Ancient Ruins, Colosseum colonial housewarming or Christmas gift forPublished in 1572 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, this is the oldest full, birds eye map of Rome. If Shakespeare ever visited Rome, this is what it would've looked like. This map was first published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum the Cities of the World which was a cartographical masterpiece featuring 546 maps. Originally handcoloured almost 450 years ago, this is one of the finest examples of this map that I've ever seen. This map looks great at all