Along with books, pots, old photographs, various pieces of art and crafts, we also carry a selection of modern and vintage maps. Although in some cases we would not recommend using them for navigation.

Scotia Regnum by Mercator, published by Jan Jansson from 1646.

Originally published in Mercator’s posthumous atlas of 1595. This atlas was then reprinted by Henry Hondicus and his brother-in-law Jan Jansson. In 1646 Jansson re-engraved the map and added the cartouche of Orkney.

£550

The Chiefe Harbours in the Islands of Orkney by Captain Greenville Collins from c.1688 to c.1785

Sold as individual sheets and included in “Great-Britain's coasting pilot: Being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland From the river of Thames to the Westward and Northward; with the Islands of Scilly, And from thence to Carlisle; likewise the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, describing All the Harbours, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Buoys, Beacons, Sea-Marks, Depths of Water, Latitude, Bearings and Distances from Place to Place. The Setting and Flowing of the Tides; with Directions for the knowing of any Place, and how to Harbour a Ship in the same with Safety. With directions for coming into the Channel between England and France” Which was republished regularly to about 1785.

Would benefit from a new frame

£350

The East Coast of Scotland with the Isles of Orkney and Shetland by Captain Greenville Collins from c.1693 to c.1785

Sold as individual sheets and included in “Great-Britain's coasting pilot: Being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland From the river of Thames to the Westward and Northward; with the Islands of Scilly, And from thence to Carlisle; likewise the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, describing All the Harbours, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Buoys, Beacons, Sea-Marks, Depths of Water, Latitude, Bearings and Distances from Place to Place. The Setting and Flowing of the Tides; with Directions for the knowing of any Place, and how to Harbour a Ship in the same with Safety. With directions for coming into the Channel between England and France” Which was republished regularly to about 1785.

Would benefit from a new frame

£250