Old Map of Essex in 1579 by Christopher Saxton - The First Map of Essex, Romford, Dagenham, Brentwood Size:18x24 inch - UNFRAMED reflecting how thoroughly connected Suffolk

reflecting how thoroughly connected Suffolk had become by the turn of the twentieth century

and published by Rocque at a time when the city was already one of England's busiest ports

and the Picts of northern Britain and Scotland are indicated as the mysterious pre-Celtic population of the far north

The plan concentrates on Liverpool's docks

Old Map of Essex in 1579 by Christopher Saxton - The First Map of Essex, Romford, Dagenham, Brentwood Size:18x24 inch - UNFRAMED reflecting how thoroughly connected SuffolkThis sheet holds a genuinely unique place in the history of English cartography: it is the first printed map ever made of Essex as a standalone county, produced by Christopher Saxton for his 1579 atlas of England and Wales, which was itself the first county atlas of any nation ever published. Saxton undertook the survey work under the patronage of Thomas Seckford, with the backing of the Privy Council under Elizabeth I, who wanted accurate county by