Old Pictorial Map of the British Isles in 1939 by Ernest Dudley Chase - London, Edinburgh, Dublin medieval fortress roots Bequia played a crucial role

Bequia played a crucial role in colonial trade

This reproduction print is based on John Speed's 1611 map of Somerset

shown here under its Latin name

produced by the Ordnance Survey in 1923

The chart beautifully illustrates the islands

Old Pictorial Map of the British Isles in 1939 by Ernest Dudley Chase - London, Edinburgh, Dublin medieval fortress roots Bequia played a crucial roleThis charming reproduction reproduces a richly illustrated pictorial map of the British Isles first published in 1939 by the American artist Ernest Dudley Chase. Chase trained as a graphic artist before turning his talents to cartography, and he went on to become one of the twentieth century's most prolific and best loved makers of decorative pictorial maps. Rather than a strict navigational chart, this map is a playful visual tour of England,