Old Map of the Isle of Skye in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Portree, Raasay, Soay, Scalpay, Dunvegan Finish:Map The Norwich School of painters

The Norwich School of painters

you can see the Canary Islands and Madagascar

and Kingsbury were part of the historic county of Middlesex

including depictions of Saturn

A beautiful

Old Map of the Isle of Skye in 1665 by Joan Blaeu - Portree, Raasay, Soay, Scalpay, Dunvegan Finish:Map The Norwich School of paintersThis exceedingly rare, old full colour map of the Isle of Skye in Scotland was created by master mapmaker Joan Blaeu from his workshop in Amsterdam and originally published in 1665 as part of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus. Originally handcoloured almost 400 years ago, this is one of the finest examples of this map that I've ever seen. Some of the locations on this map include: Portree, Balmaqueen, Garrafad, Dunvegan, Raasay, Scalpay,