Old Map of Western Australia, 1851 by Tallis & Rapkin - Swan River British Colony, Perth, Peel, Bunbury, Fremantle Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and probably some other spices

and probably some other spices that I haven't yet identified

this is the first ever printed map of Cornwall published by Christopher Saxton

villages and cities in Caernarfonshire are already visible in this map

Essex and Middlesex

The rest of London was mostly villages and towns surrounded by arable land - as you can see here

Old Map of Western Australia, 1851 by Tallis & Rapkin - Swan River British Colony, Perth, Peel, Bunbury, Fremantle Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and probably some other spicesEngraved by John Rapkin and published by J. Tallis & Co in 1851, this is one of the finest and most detailed historic maps of Western Australia, or the British colony Swan River as it was also known as back then. The Swan River colony had been founded by Captain James Stirling about 20 years earlier in 1829. Unlike some of the other British colonies in Australia, Swan River was a 'free' colony. Each of the counties of Western Australia are