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Christmas Greetings from the Garstins

Christmas Greetings
Card sent by Crosbie Garstin from Montana where he had been working as a cowpuncher/broncho buster.

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…

Nancealverne was built by the Carveth family in the 18th c.
E.A.A.'s father, Rev. John Armstrong (1810-1862), married Mary Ann Scobell (1817-1900).
She was the daughter of Col. John Scobell (1779-1866).
Mary Ann inherited Nancealverne after her…

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…

Nancealverne was built by the Carveth family in the 18th c.
E.A.A.'s father, Rev. John Armstrong (1810-1862), married Mary Ann Scobell (1817-1900).
She was the daughter of Col. John Scobell (1779-1866).
Mary Ann inherited Nancealverne after her…

See ARMS LA1 041, 042, 043, 044, and 045.
There is a pencil annotation on the page of Botrea House, but it almost certainly Nancealverne House, Penzance.

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…

See ARMS LA1 038 and 039

Nancealverne was built by the Carveth family in the 18th c.
E.A.A.'s father, Rev. John Armstrong (1810-1862), married Mary Ann Scobell (1817-1900).
She was the daughter of Col. John Scobell (1779-1866).
Mary Ann inherited Nancealverne after her…

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.

View of the house with pond in front.
Nancealverne was built by the Carveth family in the 18th c.
E.A.A.'s father, Rev. John Armstrong (1810-1862), married Mary Ann Scobell (1817-1900).
She was the daughter of Col. John Scobell (1779-1866).
Mary…

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.

From Wikipedia:
Dinder House, is a Somerset estate with a small country house Grade II Regency listed building in the village of Dinder, in the civil parish of St Cuthbert Out in Somerset. Dinder House was formerly a manor house dating back to the…