The map of Cornwall was discovered in the private collection of a historian who died in June. Mapmaker George Withiell created it in 1690 to keep track of the new town of Falmouth, which was rapidly ...
A collection of more than 80 historic maps of Cornwall and the Scilly Isles has been sold at Bonhams for £46,000. Among the highlights was the first printed map of Cornwall from the first county atlas ...