London Londen Londinium - a panoramic bird's eye view cityscape print by Engelbrecht, 1720 art poster canvas map gift London antique plan he wrote his first scientific

he wrote his first scientific paper

Large Terra Australis Incognita at the bottom of the map with Straits of Magellan but no way around the Cape Horn

He was the first to receive the Victoria gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1902) for "his efforts during 40 years to introduce scientific methods into the cartography of the United Kingdom"

Natural history specimens were depicted and sold in these hand-coloured sets for the use of biologists and the aristocracy

It shows the history of empires and the passing of power

London Londen Londinium - a panoramic bird's eye view cityscape print by Engelbrecht, 1720 art poster canvas map gift London antique plan he wrote his first scientificLondinum Londen London an extremely rare early copperplate engraved panorama of London as seen from the South Bank. View to the City of London showing Wren's St Paul Cathedral, Monument and Old London Bridge, with Latin key to the buildings below. Drawn by Friedrich B. Werner, engraved by Johann G. Ringle and published by M. Engelbrecht in Augsburg, Germany in 1720. Martin Engelbrecht (1684 1756, Augsburg) was a German Baroque engraver and publisher.