Old Map of Cambridge in 1575 by Georg Braun - Trinity, King's, Queens' 19th-century fishing artwork when industrial England was still

when industrial England was still taking shape

with St James's Park and other green spaces marked among the newly laid-out streets

and lovers of rugged scenic art

the map showcases a shoreline defined by barrier islands

birthplace of Henry V

Old Map of Cambridge in 1575 by Georg Braun - Trinity, King's, Queens' 19th-century fishing artwork when industrial England was stillPublished in 1575 by Georg Braun and engraved by Frans Hogenberg for their great atlas of world cities, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, this is one of the very first printed maps of Cambridge, shown here under its Latin name, Cantabrigia. It presents the town in bird's eye view, its narrow medieval streets and the River Cam threading through the middle of the picture, at a date when the university had already been the beating heart of the town for well