A rare pictorial map of London, marking 12 London football clubs playing in the 1930-31: Arsenal, Brentford, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Clapton Orient, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Thames Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham. Also shown are Charringtons Football Club, Wembley Stadium & Twickenham (‘They play ‘’Ruggah” heah’). To learn more visit our website below https://www.alteagallery.com/product/miller-london-football-grounds-25867/ #antiquemaps #map #history #

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Explore Abraham Ortelius’s famous map of the northern Atlantic regions titled: Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip. This antique map is from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas and shows Britain, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and parts of North America in great detail. The map also shows many mythical islands: the islands of Hy Brasil & st Brendan from Celtic mythology, Drogeo believed to represent Newfoundland, Frisland which is just off the coast of Iceland, and Groclandt. The

The British Empire in 1886 by Walter Crane, titled: Imperial Federation, Map of the World Showing The Extent of the British Empire in 1886. The decorative map shows the British Empire in red, and published as a supplement to a London magazine, “The Graphic”. The elaborate borders are filled with allegorical figures celebrating the extent of the empire, with the slogans ‘Freedom’, ‘Fraternity’ and Federation’ above the map. It seems that after commissioning Crane to draw the map to celebrate Quee

The first edition of the diagrammatic map of London’s tube network, which, despite being ninety years old, would be instantly recognisable to any commuter today. Beck’s revolutionary new ‘electrical circuit’ design dispensed with scale, bearing and surface landmarks other than the Thames, making the stations equidistant and limiting the curves to either 45 or 90º. To learn more about this map visit our website below https://www.alteagallery.com/product/beck-tube-map-1933-first-issue-variant-2442

We are delighted to share our first catalogue of 2026! We have compiled a selection of our oldest maps and books, reaching back nearly five and a half centuries to 1482. Follow the link below to browse the full catalogue https://www.alteagallery.com/catalogue/catalogue-26-15th-and-16th-century-maps-and-books/ Based in Mayfair, London, Altea Gallery specialises in antique maps, rare atlases, geological maps, sea charts, celestial charts, and globes, and works closely with collectors, museums, lib