Old Manuscript Map of the Netherlands by Bowen, 1810: Seven United Provinces, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, North Sea SDUK full colour and exceedingly rare

full colour and exceedingly rare map shows two of the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey)

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This fine art print makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves Switzerland—ideal for celebrating a ski trip to Villars or Bretaye

1817: The Carlisle Canal opened

Old Manuscript Map of the Netherlands by Bowen, 1810: Seven United Provinces, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, North Sea SDUK full colour and exceedingly rareThe Seven United Provinces with their dependences, drawn by Frances Bowen in 1810, distills a complex political and maritime realm into an elegant, intelligible whole. Its square composition and color coded provinces invite immediate orientation, while tidy labeling anchors the viewer in a Netherlands poised between old republican identities and Napoleonic reordering. The decorative clarity of early nineteenth century educational atlases is everywhere