Appraisal: 1700 Cornelis Danckerts World Map GUEST: It was originally, uh, owned by my grandmother, and I remember in the '50s, uh, it, it looked old back then.

The mapping of the world : early printed world maps, 1472-1700 / Rodney W. Shirley Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Shirley, Rodney W Notes Includes index. Date 1984 [1984], ...

A Dutch historian has used a unique 1,700 year old map of Roman roads to create an online journey planner giving the destinations, distances and timings of routes used by ancient travellers in the ...

A History of the World in 100 Objects. Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD) Early Victorian tea set. Neil MacGregor tells the story of the global trade in tea - with a Victorian tea set.