*** Handmade and dispatched locally! *** I print, frame and make old maps all around the world. I will make your map locally and deliver locally with your normal post or courier service. This means your map will usually arrive in 2-3 working days and ensures your map gets to you in perfect condition. (Plus, it reduces CO2 emissions by not flying old maps half way around the world!) *** Map personalisation *** This map can be personalised to make it truly unique. I will add a short message to the map that perfectly blends in. This is perfect for anniversaries, housewarmings, leaving gifts, and more. Please add this product to your basket before you checkout: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1257156692/map-personalisation-add-on-item-please. Get in touch if you want to discuss an unusual or complex personalisation. have personalised thousands of maps over the years - I can almost certainly help you. *** Intro *** Established in 1984, the Unique Maps Co. sources the world's finest and rarest old maps from libraries and private collections around the world. I restore the maps in my workshop and then reproduce, customise and frame them to suit my customers' needs. I guarantee that you cannot find higher quality maps anywhere else. *** About this map *** Published in 1588 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, this is one of the first (and rarest) printed maps of Rome. If Shakespeare visited Chester, this is what it would've looked like. This map was first published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum - the Cities of the World - which was a cartographical masterpiece featuring 546 maps. 450 years ago, Rome was one of the biggest and most populous cities in the world. Compare this map of Rome to some of my maps of London or other UK cities and you'll see what I mean! All of the ancient Roman landmarks are visible on this map, including the Roman Forum, Colosseum, Circus Maximus, Hippodrome, River Tiber, Pantheon and Castel Sant'Angelo (named here as Hadrian's Mole). The Vatican is here too, though it's more like a named landmass rather than the Vatican that you'd recognise today. Notably St Peter's Basilica isn't on this map - instead there's the Circus of Nero (also known as the Circus of Caligula) which would soon be knocked down and replaced by the Basilica and other Vatican structures that you'd see today in Rome. The map has 269 numbered points of interest, with a legend at the bottom of the map to help you find them. This would make a wonderful birthday or Christmas gift for someone from Rome or who has Italy in their heart. This map looks great at all sizes from 12x18 inches (30x45cm), to 16x20 inches (40x50cm) and 24x36 inches (60x90cm). But it looks even better when printed large. I can create beautiful, large prints of this map up to 400cm (160 inches) tall. Please get in touch if you're looking for larger, customised or different framing options. The model in the listing images is holding the 18x12 inch (45x30cm) version of this map. You can order the map itself, or you can order a framed version. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that really makes our maps pop out when on a wall. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame, or to frame one of the larger maps. We use super-clear acrylic (perspex/acrylite) in our frames - it's less reflective than glass and better for transport. Our museum-quality maps are printed on acid free archival paper with Epson ultrachrome giclée inks. *** CANVAS MAP INFO *** Some of my maps are available as canvas prints. These are 'box canvases' - the map is printed on canvas, and then stretched over a wooden frame. They come with brackets on the back and are 'ready to hang'. My maps look fantastic when printed on canvas, but please note that canvas reduces the sharpness of my maps. So, for example, a small label might be legible on paper, but too small to read on a canvas map. Generally, most of my maps should be fully legible at 24x36 inches (60x90cm). But please get in touch if you want me to check if a specific label will be legible.