Advertising Poster Set Exploration History Columbus America ...

Hammer

£10

Advertising Poster Set Exploration History Columbus America Hydrographic Map Norman Invasion Magna Carta. Set of four original vintage poster focusing on exploration and historic events. 1. Columbus and the Discovery of America, featuring short articles on travel to the Americas by Vikings, Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, Jacques Cartier, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Samuel de Champlain, Captain John Smith; with a map of the routes, their findings, their loot, and a larger image of Santa Maria Columbus� flagship. Horizontal. Very good condition, creasing, staining, pinholes. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 58x91, year of printing: 1970s; 2. Reproduction of A New Geographical and Hydrographic Map of the Entire World / Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula, featuring panels surrounding the map depicting the solar system with Luna - the Moon, Mercurius - Mercury, Venus, Sol � the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus � Saturn; panel on the left margin portrays Four Elements � Ignis - Fire, Aer - Air, Aqua - Water, Terra � Earth; panel on the right shows the Four seasons of the year � Ver - Spring, Aestus - Summer, Autumnus - Fall, Hyems - Winter; panel below the map portrays the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World Murus Babyloniae � The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Colossus � Colossus of Rhodes, Pyramides � the Great Pyramids of Giza, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Dianae Templum � Temple of Diana, Jupiter Olympicus � State Statue of Jupiter, Pharos � The Great Lighthouse of Alexandria. The centre of the poster features a map of the world as it was known in the 1600s. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: , size (cm): 60x89, year of printing: 1970s; 3. The Sunday Times titled The Norman Invasion, featuring articles on England before William, The Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy, Norman England, and The Tower of London, the articles are supported by illustrations of the map of England, tools and coins, fighting and fallen soldiers, warfare and weapons, and ships. Horizontal. Very good condition, minor creasing, small tears. Country of issue: UK, designer: , size (cm): 74x99, year of printing: 1971; 4. Reproduction of Magna Carta of 1215, featuring an image of one of surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text. Magna Carta Libertatum or Great Charter of Freedoms, is a royal charter of rights accepted by King John of England on 15 June 1215 to make peace between the king and a group of rebel barons, it was drafted by Archbishop of Canterbury Cardinal Stephen Langton; only four exemplifications of the 1215 text have survived until the modern day, two are stored at the British Library, one in Lincoln Castle and one in Salisbury Cathedral. Very good condition, creasing, small tears. Country of issue: UK, designer: , size (cm): 57x44, year of printing: 1970s.