Ellis' Map of Middlesex Date of Publication_1789 ‘with the author’s compliments’

‘with the author’s compliments’

an auroch and a pair of ‘bison’ which resemble reindeer

The maps themselves were closely based on Kitchin's maps from Dodsley's England Illustrated'

This map shows the ‘Germanic’ regions of Europe

The pleasure-seeking Venetian Giacomo Casanova was born in 1725

Ellis' Map of Middlesex Date of Publication_1789 ‘with the author’s compliments’Ellis' map of Middlesex conveys a wealth of detailed information: borough towns are shown with stars identifying the number of Members returned to Parliament, and "Places where Fairs are kept have a Line under the Name". Ellis (d. 1796) was a prolific English engraver of the late eighteenth century who joined with William Palmer to produce a set of English county maps, published as Ellis' 'New English Atlas', in 1765. The maps were later used in