Antique Lancashire map, hand coloured English Cartographer Robert Morden Devon, Georgian c 1720

After Robert Morden, c.1720

Antique Map of Lancashire

Hand-Coloured Engraving

16.5 x 35 cm

29.5 x 35 cm Frame

A early 18th-century hand coloured engraving map of Lancashire by Robert Morden, published posthumously in Magna Britannia (1720). Features detailed Hundreds, antique spellings, and hand-coloured accents of familiar cities and towns including Liverpool and Manchester. Elegantly framed and ready to hang – a beautiful piece of British cartographic history.

Robert Morden (c.1650–1703) was a prominent English cartographer, publisher, and map engraver active during the late 17th century. He is best known for his detailed county maps of England and Wales, first published in William Camden’s Britannia (1695 edition). Morden’s maps were notable for their decorative style, inclusion of town plans, and early use of longitude and latitude. He operated out of London and produced a wide range of geographical works, including globes and educational atlases, contributing significantly to the popularization of cartography in the early modern period.