A photograph showing a man sitting leaning against a wall, a young boy leaning in a doorway and another boy sitting at the top of a flight of steps. This could possibly be Newlyn, although the location cannot be identified.
A photograph of Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn. Two boys can be seen sitting on their doorsteps while a young girl is standing in the street holding a baby . Washing is hanging out to dry on the front of the houses.
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…
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.
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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…
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…