Item #59221 The smaller islands in the British ocean. Robert Morden.

The smaller islands in the British ocean

[London]: sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham and John Churchill, n.d., [ca. 1722]. Engraved map approx. 15¼" x 17¼", old central fold; near fine. Originally made by Robert Morden (ca. 1650-1703), an English bookseller and publisher, as well as an accomplished geographer and cartographer. He is best known for a series of maps in Gibson's revised edition of Camden's Brittannia, engraved by Sutton Nichols in about 1695. This map includes 8 inset maps of Farne, Holy, Man, Scilly, Jersey, Garnsey (i.e., Guernsey, including Sark), Alderney, and a larger one of the Isle of Wight. Item #59221

Price: $175.00

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