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Hand drawn, illustrated climate map. Slide labels it as by Petrus Alphonsus c AD1110

A hand drawn, illustrated map by Guido of Pisa. Slide labels its date 1119 AD

Photograph of a horse drawn carriage and coachman in front of a large ivy-clad house

A large stone cross standing beside a country road

Page of two photos. See ARMS LA1 051 and 052

Two maps showing Dartmoor Enclosures in the 19th century, the one on the left c1820, on the right 1895.

This is the earliest surviving mappa mundi (world map) made in England. Formerly known as the Henry of Mainz map it is now known as the Sawley map. It was made between about 1180 and the early 13th century. The map is the frontispiece of a copy of…

Two ladies wearing boaters sitting outdoors on cane chairs, one with a book on her lap

A hand drawn, illustrated map of the world depicted across a two-page spread of a book. It is the world map of "Henricus Martellus Germanus" (Heinrich Hammer the German), Florence 1489 and the first map with the Dragon Tail, a phantom peninsula east…

Country lane with gateway

An unidentified gentleman standing outdoors

Three photographs. See ARMS LA1 047, 048 and 049

The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving…

Child in pool

Child with Foxgloves

Family Portrait

Enjoying a swim

Family portrait

Two children with their dolls.

Child with her doll.