Channel Islands with large Maps of Guernsey and Jersey [as well as a small inset-map with Alderney, Sark and Herm] - With Vignettes of St Peter's Port, Castle Cornet and Druidical Altar Near l'Ancress

by England - Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 - 1876)

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1851. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Winkles and engravings by E. Radclyffe. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27.3 cm x 37.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. Published in the Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Two beautiful maps of the Channel Islands from the Victorian Era. In the upper-most map is Guernsey with its major towns such as Braye du Valle and St Peter's Port shown. The potentially hazardous coastline is depicted. A small inset box contains an overall miniature map of the Channel Islands, including Alderney and The Caskets and showing the coast of France. In the lower map is Jersey with its major towns such as St Helier shown. Again, the potentially dangerous shallow shoreline is depicted pictorially. Relief is depicted through hachuring and the rivers are also included. John Tallis (7 November 1817 – 3 June 1876) was an English cartographic publisher. His company, John Tallis and Company, published views, maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846, and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world an

• Year: 1851
• Binding: unknown

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