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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 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…

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 England, Northern France, Scotland and Wales from Insularium Illustratum, Henricus Martellus Germanus.
The slide is labelled "British Museum. ADSMS. 15760 fol 94
Henricus Martellus Germanus Insularium Illustratum…

Matthew Paris map circa 1250. He drew the first regional maps of Britain, made even more notable for his decision to orient them with north at the top, in an age when most maps looked eastward.
Slide is labelled "British Museum. Cot MS CLAUD. D VI…

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…

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…

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

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

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

Penzance to Penlee Point.
Usual aureole with greenstones and mylorslates, granite above 300 feet.

Right of Care Bran. Dip at the Penzance - Sacred road junction. Clay tip near and its stack right. C. Keidjack right.

Small ink drawing of small village in North Cornwall

The Roman villa at Magor Farm, Illogan, near Redruth is the only one known in Cornwall.
The slide is identified as "Magor Farm, Gibson & Sons"

Showing excavation of Roman Villa.
Slide is marked "Gibson & Sons"

Excavation of 1931 - 32
Slide is annotated "Gibsons & Sons"

Excavation of 1931 - 32
Slide annotated "Gibson & Sons

Excavation of 1931 - 32
Slide is annotated "Gibson & Sons"