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1570 Vecta Wyght Map

A very early map of the Island -

1575 - Saxton -Terwoort

Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, scale about 4 miles to 1..

1585 Defence Map

Thought to be developed as a defence map of portsmouth in

1595 Mercator IOW Map

Mapper maker extraordinary, Mercator developed his magnificent map..

1611 Speed - Map

Speed was a very established map make of the 17th Century whose maps..

1611 Speed Hantshire and..

Hantshire and to the base the Island drawn by John Speed

1616 Bertius Ang-Ins

1626 - Hant Shire John Bill

Hant Shire. 1626 John Bill in An Abridgment of Camden's Britannia.

1628 Mercator, Gerard.

1628 Mercator, Gerard. Henricus Hondius,

1635 Gerard Mercator

1635 Gerard Mercator . (Isle of Wight) The Seventh Table of..

1650 Blaeu

Vectis Insula Anglice The Isle of Wight. ca.1650

1650 Janson - Wight

Wight. 1650 from Gerard Mercator's map published originally by..

1650 Janson - Wight 2

The Isle of Wight. Anglesey by Janson - Wight 1650

1662 Vdkeere Isle of Wight

1673 Richard Blome

1673 Richard Blome Mapp of the Isle of Wight

1683 Mallet IOW Map

IOW Map

1692 Vincento Coronelli

Del Regno D'Inghilterra. 1692 Vincento Coronelli in Corso..

1693 Capt.Grenville Collins

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Golden Hill Fort

The lovely yellow laburnum bushes growing on the hill gave the name to this unusual hexagonal Fort.

Cook's Castle

Cook's Castle was "created" around 1774 sat on the top of St. Martin's down, it no longer exists.

No Man's Land Fort (Solent)

This spectacular concentric fort was one of the major forts proposed in the Royal Commission of 1860, its primary goal was to protect the Spithead..

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