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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.

Child in Fancy Dress.

Child with dog

Child with a bunch of primroses.

Children with dog sitting on a rock.

Pencil drawing

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…