Old Map of Greenland, Iceland & North Sea, 1661 by van Loon - Viking Exploration Chart olympics And you can see that

And you can see that Western Australia only covered a tiny part of what it would later expand into

We also have a larger map of England and Wales from the same collection by Johnston

village and city is visible in this antique map of Ireland

originally published by Fullarton & Co in 1860

Old Map of Greenland, Iceland & North Sea, 1661 by van Loon - Viking Exploration Chart olympics And you can see thatA delightful map of Greenland, Iceland and the North Sea, with guest appearances from the British Isles and Canada (then New France) on the edges of the map. Originally published in 1661 by Dutch master cartographer Johannes van Loon, this is one of the most accurate (and rare) maps of the region. It would've been used by sailors to safely sail across the North Sea to the New World. You can see that the outline of Greenland and North America is still