1598 Sebastian Munster Rare Antique Map - Birds Eye View of London, England Falklands Ref #: 93035

Ref #:  93035

Given to the City of London Corporation by his son King Edward VI for use as an orphanage and place of correction for wayward women

with a request to supply the defects

Between June 1764 and May 1766

Florida is shown as an archipelago and the coastline of California is quite curious

1598 Sebastian Munster Rare Antique Map - Birds Eye View of London, England Falklands Ref #: 93035Title : Londen oder Lunden die Hauptstatt in Engellandt am flu Thamesis gelegen auff das aller fleisigste nach jetziger gelegenheit abcontrafehtet Ref #: 51012 Size: 15 1 4in x 12 1 2in (385mm x 315mm) Date : 1598 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This scarce original 1st edition antique woodcut birds eye view, is the third earliest acquirable depiction of London. Prepared in 1598, it was the only depiction of London to appear in Sebastian