'General Description of England and Ireland' by Laurence Nowell c.1564. The artist is in the lower left hand corner and his patron, Sir William Cecil is in the right corner. Original map size: 21.2 X 30.9 cm Medium resolution(118K) High resolution(470K) Full uncompressed image(12 MB)
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The Armada Map 1588 (100K)
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A map of Raleigh's colony in Viriginia
founded in 1585 (102K)
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Reconstructed map of Bosworth Field
with positions of Henry Tudor's and Richard III's armies (121K)
Modern outline map of the United Kingdom (April 2001 boundary revision)
A relief map of the planet Venus. All but one of the features on the planet are named after women. From Tudor times: Jane Grey, Mary Stuart, Isabella of Spain (mother to Catherine of Aragon), Mary Sidney, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour. (119K)