Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads The map divides Roman Britain

The map divides Roman Britain into its four historic administrative provinces: Maxima Caesariensis covering the north of England

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Step back into 1773 with this meticulously drafted chart of Daufuskie Island

The map’s detailed design and thoughtful annotations tell a compelling story of community growth

Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads The map divides Roman BritainGeorge Woolworth Colton ran one of the most successful American map publishing houses of the nineteenth century, and his firm's general atlases were a staple of libraries, schools, and businesses across the United States. By the 1880s the Colton company, then continued by his sons under the G. W. & C. B. Colton imprint, was producing city plans of the world's major capitals for these atlases, and its 1886 map of London and its suburbs reflects just