Old Map of Kent in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Margate, Bromley, Canterbury, Maidstone, Tunbridge, Dartford Size:24x32 inch - UNFRAMED By blending period-accurate typography with

By blending period-accurate typography with a gently subdued finish

resulting in a piece that is both a valuable historical document and an artful celebration of regional progress

and hope in a time when diesel engines were still overtaking traditional sails

and softly painted background create a lifelike and serene composition

this map is a meaningful and unique gift for anyone with a connection to Green Lake or a passion for historical cartography

Old Map of Kent in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Margate, Bromley, Canterbury, Maidstone, Tunbridge, Dartford Size:24x32 inch - UNFRAMED By blending period-accurate typography withWhat sets Joan Blaeu's map of Kent apart from the English county maps it was based on is the sheer decorative ambition of the Amsterdam workshop that produced it. Issued in Blaeu's Atlas Maior of 1662, with the well known 1665 edition following soon after, the map reworked Christopher Saxton's late sixteenth century survey of Kent into an engraving dressed with a scrolled cartouche, coats of arms, and a compass rose typical of Dutch cartography's