Olsen’s Chart of Halibut Stocks in British Waters Mapmaker(s)_Carsten Niebuhr

Olsen’s Chart of Halibut Stocks in British Waters Mapmaker(s)_Carsten NiebuhrDo you prefer your flatfish with eyes to the right, or to the left? This map was published in the Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and Georges Channels, a series of 50 lavishly chromolithographed charts recording the distribution spawning grounds and abundance of the major edible species of fish, shellfish and crustacea caught in the North Sea and off the coasts of the British Isles. There are insets showing the fish themselves, and the

presented on a lion-skin with inset views of Furnes (Veurne) and Ypres

Eighteenth century marbled calf

the GWR is far more prominent

Janssonius revised the decorative elements in the 1630s

and LNER locomotives such as the ‘Mallard’ and ‘Flying Scotsman’ were reputedly burning Harworth coal when making their various record breaking attempts in the 1930s

This is an architectural title page

his canal maps ‘earned for him a great reputation’

Fernsprech- und Telegraphennetz

Lithographed plan of London

dated within the elaborate rococo cartouche

in which he mentions that he was born in Marylebone

Underground Map of Central London/A Guide to Underground Travel