Maps Gallery

Pictorial History Railway Map of Britain

This is a wonderful large format pictorial map illustrating the history of the Railways of Britain up to its original publication date of 1974. Drawn by Laurence Richardson and last published in 1974 by Collins Bartholomew as a fold up map. Now re-digitized and re-published by Mapseeker in association with the Collins Bartholomew Archive, the map covers all of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland with various historical events, progress, iconic steam locomotives, heritage railways illustrated pictorially in the form of eye catching vignettes. The map is surrounded by the crests of many of the Railway Companies that were founded over time until they were consumed under the Amalgamation of 1923

Old Map of the Routes and Stations of the Great Western Railway 1927

Completely remastered from an original fold up map published in 1927, this reproduction map shows all the routes and stations of the Great Western Railway. To the top right a picture of an Express Passenger Locomotive "King George IV" bursting from a tunnel has been added; the map also shows sections in more detail of the districts of Birmingham and South Wales. The map also details the ferry crossing routes from mainland England and Wales

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Old Map of Wales 1648 by Johan Blaeu from the Atlas Novus

This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Wales has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. The famous firm of Dutch cartographers and publishers was established in the late 16th century by Willem Janszoon Blaeu in Amsterdam. Blaeu was a maker of globes and scientific instruments and purchased some of his early map plates from Jodocus Hondius. From this small beginning was to emerge one of the largest and most prolific map publishing houses of the seventeenth century