#mapsandatlases

"....but I still feel you around me like the remnants of a ringing bell...."

Forget yourself by exploring a gorgeous and unique old map! Get sucked in looking at the details and getting a glimpse of the past. See the world through the eyes of the cartographers, scientists, men of faith, and sovereigns have imprinted their dreams and drawn their ideas. ⏳🔎🗺 🧭 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⏳Old Maps Library specialises in the reprint of Vintage Maps and Illustrations between the 17th to 19th centuries. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⏳ We have a beautiful collection of Old Maps and Vintage Illustrations on our website. Link in bio. 🔝 . . . . #whoneedsamap #mapsandatlases #mapa #oldmapslibrary #mapart (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChsS01cozbk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hello, Whenever you are hope you are all well and had a great beginning of 2022! We are taking slowly over here. January is always a month for making new plans and to recharge batteries. Christmas time was crazy and amazing at the same time! It felt great to be back at the stalls, it was so nice to meet new people and reconnect with old customers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ From this week, we will be on Saturdays at Portobello Market. And, of course our online shop never closes. You are only a click away of our unique collection of Old Maps & Vintage Illustrations. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I will be sharing some of my favourites with you soon. Have a great week! ❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #oldmapsandprint #oldmapslibrary #vintagemapsforsale #mapsandatlases #cartographic #shopsmall #supportsallbusinesses (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY1X-9_ofHD/?utm_medium=tumblr

Home to Nelson Mandela, dramatic mountains, sub-tropical rainforests, wildlife-rich savannahs, buzzing cities, and rich cultural history - SOUTH AFRICA is on the southernmost tip of the African continent and, a country of astounding diversity.
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Did you know that South Africa has three capitals?
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Yes, that´s right, we know most of the countries just have one, but South Africa is famous for having three capitals:
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⋆ Pretoria is the administrative capital, where you will find the president of the cabinet and the executive power.
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⋆ The second capital is Cape Town, which is the legislative capital, where the national assembly is located.
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⋆ And last of all, Bloemfontein which is named the judicial capital.
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Old Maps Library reprint map of Southern Africa Comprising Cape Colony, Natal, &c. By Alex Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. the year 1880.
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“Travel back to moments in time and discover the world heritage!” 
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⏳Old Maps Library specialises in the reprint of Vintage Maps and Illustrations between the 17th to 19th centuries. 
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⏳ We have a beautiful collection of Old Maps and Vintage Illustrations on our website. Link on our bio.
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Happy Friday! 
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Old Maps Library reprint map of British India is a highly decorative and detailed mid-19th century map, (including Nepal) which was drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin (vignettes by A. H. Wray & G. Greenback) and published in John Tallis’s Illustrated Atlas (London & New York: c.1851).
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An interesting feature of the map is the depiction of the then proposed railway lines running from Bombay to Delhi and Calcutta.
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From the first opening in 1853, the railway network has become an integral feature of modern India.
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The map has also illustrated views of Lahore; Cootub Minar, Delhi; an Indian procession, and Belouche tribesmen.
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For 200 years, from the mid 18th Century to independence and partition in 1947. The rule of the British in India is possibly the most controversial and the most hotly debated aspect of the history of the British empire.
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“Travel back to moments in time and discover the world heritage!” 
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⏳Old Maps Library specialises in the reprint of Vintage Maps and Illustrations between the 17th to 19th centuries. 
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⏳ We have a beautiful collection of Old Maps and Vintage Illustrations on our website. Link on our bio.
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Today our stop is in Birmingham, 1851 with another brilliant reprint map by John Tallis & J.Rapkin.
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Birmingham is a major city in England’s West Midlands region, with multiple Industrial Revolution-era landmarks that speak to its 18th-century history as a manufacturing powerhouse.
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Because of that is known as the ‘first manufacturing town in the world’ and was hailed as the 'City of a Thousand Trades’ after it achieved city status in 1889, thanks to the number of businesses that chose to base themselves in the area, largely due to its vast water network.
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⏳Old Maps Library specialises in the reprint of Vintage Maps and Illustrations between the 17th to 19th centuries. 
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⏳ We have a beautiful collection of Old Maps and Vintage Illustrations on our website. Link on our bio.
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Welcome to Germany! 🇩🇪
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Few countries have had as much impact on the world as Germany. It has over 2 millennia of history and lies amidst a terrain of vast forests, mountains, and rivers.
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You can stand in a Roman amphitheatre, sleep in a medieval castle and walk along with remnants of the Berlin Wall – in Germany the past is very much present wherever you go.
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Berlin, its capital, is home to art and nightlife scenes, the Brandenburg Gate, and many sites relating to WWII. Munich is known for its Oktoberfest and beer halls, including the 16th-century Hofbräuhaus. Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the European Central Bank.
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Miss traveling? Why not hang a big old map and dream about future trips to faraway places.
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A highly decorative and finely engraved mid-19th-century map of Germany, 1851, which was engraved by J. Rapkin (vignettes by N. Whittock & J. Hughes) and published in John Tallis. The map show views of Coburg, Dresden, Cologne from the Rhine, the Palace of Saxe-Coburg (birthplace of Prince Albert), Martin Luther’s house in Frankfurt, silver mines in the Hartz mountains and a triple portrait of Guttenburg, Faust and Schoffeer, the ‘inventors of printing’.
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This wonderful map and many others are available on our website.
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To end our week this beautiful historical map of the Ottoman Empire.
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the mightiest and longest-lasting dynasties in world history. This Islamic-run superpower ruled large areas of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North Africa for more than 600 years.
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Finally, after fighting on the side of Germany in World War I and suffering defeat, the empire was dismantled by treaty and came to an end in 1922, when the last Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed VI, was deposed and left the capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul).
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Turkey was declared a republic on October 29, 1923, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), an army officer, founded the independent Republic of Turkey. He implemented reforms that rapidly secularized and westernized the country.
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The Ottoman Empire, The Black Sea, and the Frontiers of Russia and Persia Map by James Wyld, 1853. Reprint by Old Maps Library, 2020.
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At its height, the Ottoman Empire, centred in Istanbul, stretched from the Crimea to North Africa, but by the mid-nineteenth century, it was crumbling.
Russia had gained significant areas north of the Black Sea, including the Crimea (now part of Ukraine), in the years around 1800.
In June 1853 Tsar Nicholas I invaded the Ottoman territories to the west of the Black Sea: the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, outlined in green on the map. After failed international attempts at diplomacy, Turkey declared war on Russia on 4 October 1853.
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