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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=
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Awrite, beautiful Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 "There are few places in my life that I’ve found more ruggedly beautiful than the Highlands of Scotland. The place is magical – it’s so far north, so remote, that sometimes it feels like you’ve left this world and gone to another." - Julia London ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ BETT’s new map of Scotland Embracing All the Principal Objects of Interests to the Tourist, And Shewing The Various Lines Of Railroad, The Turnpike, And Principal Cross Roads, Lakes, Rivers &c. Year 1847 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Old Maps Library reprint, 2022 Find this map on our website: www.oldmapslibrary.com . . . . . #mapsandglobes #scotlandmap #ancientmaps #oldmapsandprint #oldmapslibrary (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChkNaVHI8-A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Happy Wednesday! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Every August takes place in Edinburgh, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as The Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, or Edinburgh Fringe Festival), It is the world's largest arts festival! The first one was in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has become a world-leading celebration of arts and culture, surpassed only by the Olympics and the World Cup in terms of global ticketed events! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Old Maps Library is there at the Fringe! If you are around Edinburgh come to visit us and check our unique old maps & vintage illustrations at the Arch's of Saint John’s Church, Prince Street @3d2devents West End Fair. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ S.D.U.K 1834 Map or plane of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Centered on Old Town, it covers the city of Edinburgh, know as the “Athens of the North” in exceptional detail, noting individual streets, buildings, rivers, squares and parks. A beautiful illustration of Edinburgh Castle is included along the left border, below the title. The lower border depicts the many important monuments and buildings in profile. These include the Observatory, the Old High School, St. Giles’s Church, St. John’s Chapel, Assembly Rooms, Colton Jail, etc. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #oldmapslibrary #fringefestival #3d2devents #oldmaps #shoplocal #westendfair (at Edinburgh, Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChWh_TKo3Hf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Hello Everyone! Do you think is it possible to travel Around the World in 80 Days, just like in the adventure novel of Jules Verne? In the story Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The answer is, Yes! Nowadays with modern flight, going round the world in 80 days wouldn't only be possible, but could be done 40 times over. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Old Maps Library reprint map of the World on Mercator’s Projection. Revised and Improved to 1817 by John Melish. Published by John Melish & Samil.Harrison. Includes text “To find the distance of one place from another” and statistical table. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This exquisite World map and many others can be found at our website, link in Bio 🔝 . . . . . . . #maplove #lovemaps #mapshop #mapsoftheworld #oldword #antiquemapsandprints #oldmapslibrary #mapasantiguos (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSh8DUod5i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Weekend Love! ❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Butterflies...flowers that fly and all but sing". - Robert Frost - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Vintage Illustration of the Butterflies by Adolphe Millot, published in Paris circa 1897-1904 Nouveau Larousse Illustre, edited by Claude Auge. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Old Maps Library has variety of illustration prints by Adolphe Philippe Millot on our website. Link on our bio. . . . . . #oldmapslibrary #prints #vintageartwork #vintagehomedecor #framedprints #wallframedecor #support smallbusinesses #vintagehome #printsforyourhome (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg7XJMxo-_5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Happy Day! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ FLOWERS, circa 1906 This vintage reproduction includes beautiful illustrations and corresponding names of 24 different types of flowers. Numbers 1 to 12 form a list of “ Flowers of the Year”, with the month to which is appropriate. Drawn by Tiffany and Co. Lithograph by Geo.S.Harris & Sons New York. . . . . . #antiqueprint #vintageillustration #botanicalillustration #vintageprint #gallerywalldecor #vintagestyle #printstagram #oldmapslibrary (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgzSnxpotWV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Hello, ocean vibes in the air! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Summer is here, holidays, sun & beach days ☀️🏖🐚 To celebrate this season a colourful Illustration of sea animals, Oceanographie, circa 1897 by Millot. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have a great day 🌻 . . . . . . #vintageillustration #oceanillustration #vintageprint #gallerywalldecor #vintagestyle #walldecorideas #printstagram #oldmapslibrary (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgl_iVrICZQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Have in your house a piece of the past with one of our historical map of your favourite place in the world!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Japan by A.J Johnson, 1864, from Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
JAPAN – Nippon, Kiusiu, Sikov, Yesso, and the Japanese Kuriles by Johnson and Ward. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
Old Maps Library - Travel back to moments in time and discover the world heritage! 
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A gorgeous map of this beautiful English County, CORNWALL.
Cornwall is a county on England’s rugged southwestern tip. It is famous for being a seaside paradise with stunning beaches and lush countryside. Cornwall is also known for being home to Cornish Cream Tea and Cornish Pasties and surfing! It also has its own language, Kernowek.
Old Maps Library, 2022 fine reproduction map of Cornwall, circa 1775 by Thomas Kitchin. This map was from the best surveys & intelligence divided into its hundreds showing the several roads and true measured distance between town & town also the rectories and vicarages the parks & seats of the nobility & gentry with other useful particulars. Regulated by astronomical observations. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
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I've always been fascinated by maps and cartography. A map tells you where you've been, where you are, and where you're going - in a sense it's three tenses in one.
Peter Greenaway
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Happy Tuesday!
Brighten up your days and your home with these colourful Vintage Illustrations.
Oiseaux 🦜 Papillons 🦋 Mammiferes 🐘 Plumes 🦚
Originally Published in Paris circa 1897-1904 - Nouveau Larousse Illustre (New Larousse Illustrated) by Adolphe Philippe Millot (1 May 1857, Paris –18 December 1921, also Paris), and edited by Claude Auge.
Millot was a french painter, lithographer and entomologist and illustrated many of the natural history sections of Le Petit Larousse Encyclopaedia, as the senior illustrator at National Museum of Natural History, France.
Old Maps Library has variety of illustration prints by Adolphe Philippe Millot. 
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Happy Thursday! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
Have your home decorate with gorgeous old maps of your favourite places. It will for sure elevates and make your home even more special. Just like this great room here! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
Old Maps Library reprint maps of: 🇬🇧Great Britain & Ireland, 1794; 🇮🇪 Ireland, 1798; 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland, 1851. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Happy Tuesday! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
"London is a cluster of communities, great and small, famous and unsung; a city of contrasts a congregation of diversity." - Roy Porter
Old Maps Library reprint of Pigot & Co.'s Miniature Plan Of London & Vicinity, With The Geographical Bearings From The Dome Of St. Pauls, 1820. It shows how the city appeared at the turn of the 20th century. The metropolis, then the heart of a vast empire, sprawled outward from the communications artery of the River Thames. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
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Happy Wednesday!
✨ The stars we are given. The constellations we make. That is to say, stars exist in the cosmos, but constellations are the imaginary lines we draw between them, the readings we give the sky, the stories we tell. - Rebeca Solnit - ✨
Old Maps Library reprint map of the Night Sky - November & December, 1887.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
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Happy Thursday!
A gorgeous reprint map of AUSTRIA. A highly decorative and finely engraved mid-19th-century map of Austria (including Bohemia). Illustrated are scenes of Vienna, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and a rustic one entitled ‘Return of the Sennerin’. This map appeared originally in John Tallis & co.’s The Illustrated Atlas (London & New York: c.1851)
🧳 Where is your favourite travel destination? Let your imagination run wild with the help of one of our vintage style maps. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
⏳ We have a beautiful collection of Old Maps and Vintage Illustrations on our website. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
➡️ www.oldmapslibrary.com
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Happy Friday!
This weekend we are celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in England! Her Majesty The Queen is the first royal to celebrate this special date, 70 years as a monarch. Long Live the Queen 👑🇬🇧
A reprint map of Great Britain & Ireland, drawn by Thomas Kitchin, Geographer. The map has a decorative cartouche with Britannia seated below, her outstretched hands indicating the cornucopia of plenty below her, left, the barrels, scythe, the garlanded youth holding a scroll with a ship on it, an anchor in the background and to right, a sailing ship and castle – all indicating the prestige, might and plenty of the kingdom. Three scales of Distance bottom left (British Statute Miles, Common Scotch Miles, Irish Miles), reference key to the counties of Ireland middle left, Explanation key top right showing symbols for roads, markets, etc in England, Scotland and Ireland. Reference to the Shires of Scotland top right and below to the Counties of England and Wales.
Original map published by Laurie & Whittle, London, 1794.
"Travel back to moments in time and discover the world heritage!"    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
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