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It is very difficult to represent a sphere in a flat plane. Gerard Mercator in the mid 16th century came up with one solution that is now universally known as Mercator’s projection. The scale of the map increases the further from the equator you are, thus making countries nearer the pole seem much larger than they really are. In the projection the lines of latitude are the same length whereas on a globe they get shorter the nearer the pole. At the very point of the pole they are in reality 0 in length. By distorting the lines of longitude at the same time Mercator produced a map that preserved angles from one place to another as on a globe.

He devised the system to be used by sailors but in order to navigate they needed to know their longitude. It was only in the mid 18th century when British Admiralty offered £20,000 (over £250,000,000 today) to anyone who could make an accurate time piece for use at sea was that problem solved. The competition was won by John Harrison though he has to fight for the full award, paid only after much delay by parliament.

Title: World

Year: 1861

Cartographer: WYLD, James

Sizes available: Small, medium, large, bespoke

Price: £15

Title: Palestine or the HOLY LAND

Year: 1818

Cartographer: Assheton, JT

Sizes available: Small, medium, large, bespoke

Price: £15 - £225

Title: AFRICA

Year: 1854

Cartographer: Gall & Inglis

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Price: £15 - £85

Title: AFRICA

Year: 1880

Cartographer: PHILLIP, George

Sizes available: Large

Price: £85

Title: INDIA

Year: 1825

Cartographer: Parbury

Sizes available: Large

Price: £225

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Title: Wyld India

Year: 1844

Cartographer: Wyld, James

Size: Large

Price: £85

Title: Australia

Year: 1854

Cartographer: Gall & Inglis

Sizes available: Small, medium & large

Price: £15 - £85

ALL British Isles

England Ireland Scotland Wales

Wallis's picturesque round game c.1800 The grand tour of SOUTHERN ENGLAND c. 1818 Chart of IRELAND & the west coast of ENGLAND c. 1700 Brookes ENGLAND & WALES c. 1812

Chart of IRELAND & the west coast of ENGLAND c.1700 A new map of IRELAND c.1797

The north part of GREAT BRITAIN called SCOTLAND c.1714 Scotland c.1829 Glasgow c. 1860

Wallis's picturesque round game c.1800 Wales c.1801 Brookes's map of ENGLAND & WALES c.1812

ALL English Counties

ALL London Ward Plans of London

URBIUM LONDINI et WEST-MONASTERII 1736 A PLAN of LONDON & it's ENVIRONS c.1840 MOGG'S STRANGERS GUIDE to LONDON & WESTMINSTER c.1837 LONDON & WESTMINSTER c.1801 Paterson's 24 Miles Round London c.1791 Map of LONDON c.1827 Country in the VICINITY of LONDON c.1847 A NEW MAP of LONDON c.1800 Stanford's map of MODERN LONDON & the suburbs c.1878 LONDON DIRECTORY c.1792 Cruchley's map of LONDON c.1832 Cary's Accurate Plan c.1812 Cruchley's 12 Miles round LONDON c.1826 A NEW SURVEY of the ENVIRONS of LONDON c.1845

Birmingham Plymouth c.1860 Liverpool & Manchester c.1823 Glasgow c.1860

Europe delineated c.1820 Cruchley's new map of EUROPE c.1820 Europe c.1844 Denmark France Italy Norway Spain Sweden

France c.1844 Plan de PARIS et les fortifications c.1844 Paris c.1818 Paris (sduk) c.1844

Stanford's map of ITALY c.1859 Pianta della citta de ROMA c.1824

Sweden & Norway c.1828

Sweden & Norway c.1828

World c.1861 Hemisphaeria orbis antiqvi Australia Africa India Palestine Turkey

Australia c.1854

Africa c.1880 Africa c.1854

Wyld INDIA c.1844 India c.1825

Historical map of PALESTINE or the HOLYLAND c.1818

ALL Geological maps

England & Wales c.1843 Ireland c.1853

The plansiphere of Ptolemy Scenography of the Ptolemaic cosmography Scenography of the planetary orbits encompassing the Earth Scenography of the Copernican world system The planisphere of Brahe Scenography of the world’s construction according to Brahe The planisphere of Aratus The hemisphere of the Old World Representation of the Sun Representation of the Moon First hemisphere with the Christianised firmament Second hemisphere with the Christianised firmament The northern stellar hemisphere of antiquity Spherical scenography of thel northern hemispheres The northern stellar hemisphere The southern stellar hemisphere of antiquity The southern hemisphere of both the starry vault and the Earth The southern stellar hemisphere

British Isles London English Counties Uk Cities Europe World

Map of Ireland c.1797 Chart of Ireland c.1700 The north part of Great Britain called SCOTLAND c.1714 Round Game (England & Wales) c.1800

URBIUM LONDINI et WEST-MONASTERII 1736 A PLAN of LONDON & it's ENVIRONS c.1840 MOGG'S STRANGERS GUIDE to LONDON & WESTMINSTER c.1837 Paterson's 24 Miles Round London c.1791 Country in the VICINITY of LONDON c.1847 A NEW MAP of LONDON c.1800 LONDON DIRECTORY c.1792 Cruchley's map of LONDON c.1832 Cary's Accurate Plan c.1812 Cruchley's 12 Miles round LONDON c.1826

Glasgow c. 1860 Plymouth c.1860

Europe delineated c.1820 Plan de PARIS et les fortifications c.1844 Paris (sduk) c.1844 Stanford's map of ITALY c.1859 Cruchley's new map of Europe c.1860 Denmark c. 1854

World c.1861 Africa c.1854 Historical map of PALESTINE or the HOLYLAND c.1818 Australia c.1854

ALL medium maps

British Isles London English Counties UK Cities Europe World

Brookes map of ENGLAND & WALES c.1812 Chart of Ireland c. 1700 Map of Ireland c.1797 Round game c.1800 The north part of Great Britain called SCOTLAND c.1714 Scotland c.1829 Wales c.1801

URBIUM LONDINI et WEST-MONASTERII 1736 Paterson's 24 Miles Round London c.1791 LONDON DIRECTORY c.1792 A NEW MAP of LONDON c.1800 Cary's Accurate Plan c.1812 Cruchley's 12 Miles round LONDON c.1826 Cruchley's map of LONDON c.1832 MOGG'S STRANGERS GUIDE to LONDON & WESTMINSTER c.1837 A PLAN of LONDON & it's ENVIRONS c.1840 Country in the VICINITY of LONDON c.1847

Glasgow c.1860 Plymouth c.1860

Cruchley's new map of EUROPE c.1820 Europe delineated c.1820 Denmark c.1854 France c.1844 Paris c.1818 Paris (sduk) c.1844 Plan de PARIS et les fortifications c.1844 Stanford's map of ITALY c.1859 Sweden & Norway c.1828 Madrid c.1831

Africa c.1854 Austraila c.1854 Historical map of PALESTINE or the HOLYLAND c.1818 WORLD c.1861

British Isles London UK Cities Europe World

Map of Ireland c.1797 The north part of Great Britain called Scotland c.1714 Scotland c.1829 Brookes map of ENGLAND & WALES c.1812 Round game c.1800 Wales c.1801

A PLAN of LONDON & it's ENVIRONS c.1840 MOGG'S STRANGERS GUIDE to LONDON & WESTMINSTER c.1837 Paterson's 24 Miles Round London c.1791 Country in the VICINITY of LONDON c.1847 A NEW MAP of LONDON c.1800 LONDON DIRECTORY c.1792 Cruchley's map of LONDON c.1832 Cary's Accurate Plan c.1812 Cruchley's 12 Miles round LONDON c.1826

Liverpool & Manchester c.1823 Glasgow c.1860 Plymouth c.1860

Europe delineated c.1820 France c.1844 Plan de PARIS et les fortifications c.1844 Paris c.1818 Paris (sduk) c.1844 Stanford's map of ITALY c.1859 Pianta della citta de ROMA c.1824 Sweden & Norway c.1828 Denmark c.1854

Australia c.1860 Wyld India c.1844 Africa c.1880 Historical map of PALESTINE or the HOLYLAND c.1818 Africa c.1854 World c.1861

URBIUM LONDINI et WEST-MONASTERII 1736 Paterson's 24 Miles Round London c.1791 Country in the VICINITY of LONDON c.1847 Paris c.1818 Stanford's map of ITALY c.1859 World c.1861 Historical map of PALESTINE or the HOLYLAND c.1818 Map of LONDON c.1827 Stanford's map of MODERN LONDON & the suburbs c.1878 LONDON & WESTMINSTER c.1801 INDIA c.1825 EUROPE c.1844 Liverpool & Manchester c.1823