Old Pictorial Map of the British Isles in 1939 by Ernest Dudley Chase - London, Edinburgh, Dublin medieval fortress roots and navigational references that guided

and navigational references that guided sailors

This is a map for collectors and students of the earliest era of British cartography

The chart beautifully illustrates the islands

This reproduction print is based on John Speed's 1611 map of Somerset

Old Pictorial Map of the British Isles in 1939 by Ernest Dudley Chase - London, Edinburgh, Dublin medieval fortress roots and navigational references that guidedThis charming reproduction reproduces a richly illustrated pictorial map of the British Isles first published in 1939 by the American artist Ernest Dudley Chase. Chase trained as a graphic artist before turning his talents to cartography, and he went on to become one of the twentieth century's most prolific and best loved makers of decorative pictorial maps. Rather than a strict navigational chart, this map is a playful visual tour of England,