Ortelius’ Miniature Map of Sicily Date of Publication_c.1655 An agreement with British Railways

An agreement with British Railways allowed Valentine and Sons to publish simplified versions of pictorial poster maps in a vastly reduced pocket format (the originals were originally printed as 40 x 50 inch quad royal posters)

Cercle de Baverie

Mercator became aware of the Butlers wars of the 1560s and 1570s - power struggles between two of the leading Anglo-Irish families (the Butlers and the Fitzgeralds) in Elizabethan Ireland - and the subsequent claims of the adventurer Sir Peter Carew

original hand colour (blue to Thames

reduced from the highly accurate Ordnance Survey

Ortelius’ Miniature Map of Sicily Date of Publication_c.1655 An agreement with British RailwaysThis map of Sicily is from the second series of maps engraved by Philip Galle for the Epitome, the pocket atlas version of Ortelius Theatrum. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 7. 5 x 11 cm, black and white, Latin text on verso. References Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 58