The 'Gough' Map of Britain | Archival Fine Art Reproduction Oldest Map of Britain, Welsh Atlantis Map shows Maes Gwyddno offers

This is an incredible old map of Great Britain, no one knows for certain exactly when the original was made but the map may have been drawn within an eleven-year window, based on historical changes of place names and sizes. The earliest given date is deduced by the depiction of a city wall around Coventry, which was first constructed in 1355. The latter date is usually given as 1366, the year in which the town marked on the map as Sheppey was renamed Queenborough.

Recent news articles have added an exciting twist to this most ancient map; it may show evidence of Wales' Atlantis off Ceredigion! The Gough map depicts two islands off the Ceredigion coast - now lost to history. Simon Haslett of Swansea University went in search of lost islands in Cardigan Bay while he was a visiting David Willis, University of Oxford, have recently presented evidence of two islands depicted on this medieval map, each about a quarter the size of Anglesey.

This is a copy of the oldest known road map of the entire United Kingdom. A beautiful work to study up-close. It offers is odd to see the country on its side, but this is how the original reads.

Having studied the original map, I believe this reproduction will have extremely accurate colour in comparison to the conserved work. Minimal sharpening is used, no modification of the contrast or background is made.

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