Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti descriptio

Roman Gaul faces modern France, and Hispania faces Spain, in these maps from Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti Descriptio, Arrow...

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Roman Gaul faces modern France, and Hispania faces Spain, in these maps from Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti Descriptio, Arrowsmith's comparative atlas prepared for Eton School. Issued in London in 1828 by A. Arrowsmith and sold also by E. Williams of Eton, the atlas paired ancient and modern geography by design, as its English subtitle explains. Italy and the Balkan provinces sit beside the Italian states and central Europe, Palestine appears in both biblical tribal divisions and later regional form, and Egypt, Persia, India and the hemispheres carry the comparison beyond the Mediterranean. Copperplate engraving and outline colour mark the regions and boundaries for pupils reading the classics.

Roman Gaul faces modern France, and Hispania faces Spain, in these maps from Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti Descriptio, Arrowsmith's comparative atlas prepared for Eton School. Issued in London in 1828 by A. Arrowsmith and sold also by E. Williams of Eton, the atlas paired ancient and modern geography by design, as its English subtitle explains. Italy and the Balkan provinces sit beside the Italian states and central Europe, Palestine appears in both biblical tribal divisions and later regional form, and Egypt, Persia, India and the hemispheres carry the comparison beyond the Mediterranean. Copperplate engraving and outline colour mark the regions and boundaries for pupils reading the classics.

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