The southern counties of England from a 1700 wall map of England

Four sheets comprising the complete bottom row of a rare 16-sheet wall map of England, ''Nova Totius Angliae Tabula. A New Mapp of the Kingdom of England Shewing Its Antient and Present Government'', drawn and engraved by John Harris. They come from the first state of the map, with the date 1700 and Browne's address at the Globe (pre-1712). The condition of the sheets and the presence of the surtitle suggest they were never joined to make the complete map but were issued in a composite atlas. The map shows as far north as Bristol and London. with the Scilly Islands shown in an inset and Ogilby's Roads marked. Around the coasts the sites of several sea battles are marked and dated. John Harris (fl 1686-1730) worked for many different publishers, including engraving the Thames chart for of Greenville Collins' 'Coastal Pilot' (1693) and Gascoigne's map of Cornwall (1699). Shirley describes this map as 'one of the most popular wall maps of England'. Certainly it had a long life, with states published by Philip Overton, Thomas Bowles, John Bowles and Robert Sayer, the last being c.1760.