Hand drawn and illustrated map of Europe, North Africa and Asia. Seas are coloured in blue ink. Slide is labelled "Brit Mus. Harley 7182 fol 59 Ptolemy coloured"
Hand drawn and illustrated map of Matthew Paris' journey in the 13th century from London to Apulia. This image is a single page detailing part of Italy. Paris created a number of expanded road maps known as itineraries, which detail the routes undertaken by travellers going on pilgrimage to Italy and the Holy Land. There are two housed at the British Library, the first also appearing in Paris’ Book of Additions. Drawn across a single opening in the manuscript, this itinerary outlines a potential route that could be taken between London and the Holy Land. It features the various cities, ports, abbeys and monasteries, and other major sites that a pilgrim might expect to encounter on their journey. These are all connected by a series of lines drawn in red, with accompanying inscriptions that indicate how long it would take between each stop on the way.
Norden Map of the East Hundred, North Cornwall
John Norden (c. 1547 – 1625) was an English cartographer, working in Cornwall approx 1610. The slide is labelled "Norden's Map: East Hundred. Plymouth and East Cornwall. WEST is at TOP" The map includes the towns of Launceston, Liskeard and Looe.
Hand drawn and illustrated map showing Asia Minor,Arctic and Antarctica among several annotations. Slide is titled Macrobian "Cotton" Zone Map of the tenth Century. Language on the slide is in Latin.
Hand drawn and illustrated map of Dartmoor. The spelling of place names is not modern English, but includes Brent Hill, Buckland and Tornwood Church
Double page ( pp 264 & 265) of text from "The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile Kt. Text describes a tree which bears fruit, which are baby lambs and illustrated on p 264. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that purports to be the travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville across the Islamic world as far as India and China. Another extract is depicted in MG.421
Reproduction of silver plate of Drake's Voyage
Photograph showing both sides of silver circular plate showing the course taken by Francis Drake in 1577 - 1580. Each side shows a different hemisphere of the world and hid voyage is shown by a dotted line. Original is in the British Museum. Slide is labelled "Drake's Voyage Plymouth Institution"
Double page (pp 92 & 93) from "The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt." The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that purports to be the travel memoir of an Englishman named Sir John Mandeville across the Islamic world as far as India and China. Image on page 93 shows Judas hanging from tree and the devil taking his soul. Another extract from this text is depicted in MG.423
Hand drawn and ancient , decorative mappa mundi. Label on slide reads " British Museum Maps 29.b.4 ST SEVER" Also known as the Beatus map from the Saint-Sever Beatus, produced in Saint-Sever Abbey, France in the 9th century. The map is faced eastwards, and not northwards, as usual in modern cartography. For this reason it is said that the map is oriented
Ancient illustrated circular map of world.
Hand drawn illustrated map in circular form. It is annotated with lots of detail and information. Label on slide reads "British Museum. Maps 184 d. 2 BORGIAN MAP" The Borgia Map is an ancient mappa mundi, or world map, thought to have been made sometime in the early 15th century, and engraved on a metal plate.
Image is from a book. Four monsters are illustrated across a double page, with text in foreign language around. Lantern slide label Staes "British Museum Monsters. COT.DIS TIB.B.V. PR.1. fol 82."
Black cat sitting on a sunny window sill with a ball of wool. Same occasion as MG.413 - 416
Kittens are playing on a sunny window sill with a small metal handbell
Two small black kittens playing on a sunny window sill. One is patting a small metal handbell.
Woman seated, wearing coat and carrying thick sheepskin gloves. Sheet background, possibly a passport photograph
Young woman in tartan skirt seated by lamp
Studio portrait of 2 young women and a girl.
The two young women are wearing jackets with the one on the left having a crucifix necklace. The young girl is in the middle.
Two girls, potentially sisters, with ribbons in their hair and smiling.
A married woman sitting next to a lamp and wearing a knitted jumper