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A large anchor in Penlee Park, pictured with granite moulds and sea shells.

Wreath for drwned crew of Spanish coaster Juan Ferrer

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

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…

Ancient hut circle .

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…

An ancient map of the world.
The slide is labelled "Strassburg 9th Century

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…

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…

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 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…

Hand drawn and illustrated map of Dartmoor.
The spelling of place names is not modern English, but includes Brent Hill, Buckland and Tornwood Church

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…

Ancient tinners oak pick. Found in field nr St.Just-in-Penwith

Ancient tinners wooden shovel.

Ancient tinners wooden shovel.

Ancient tinners wooden shovel. Found near the 'Jamaica Inn', Bodmin Moor

Ancient wall.

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