(World-Empire)The Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire Title Pages Public Buildings

Public Buildings

A beautiful mid-19th century woodblock engraving of the world from a Japanese mapmaker

A small inset shows the Scilly Isles off the south western coast of Cornwall

for this canvas backed instance of the map which comes with its original hard covers

in the place of present day Grant Park

(World-Empire)The Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire Title Pages Public BuildingsThe Commonwealth of Nations Or the British Empire Issued for the coronations of King George VI, this is the British Empire at its proud apex. Perhaps the most ornate map we've had for the empire, it's surrounded with a golden decorative cartouche and two quotes espousing the Empire's invincibility and power of endurance. With British possessions highlighted in red throughout the world, it's a dramatic map and a quaint momento of the British era.