Old Map of York in 1851 by Tallis & Rapkin - York Minster, River Ouse, City Centre early U.S. geography making it not only a

making it not only a valuable historical document but also a beautiful decorative piece

or observatory

created by the English chart-makers Page & Mount

This commanding depiction of the American White Pelican

a pivotal moment in the city's commercial and cultural expansion

Old Map of York in 1851 by Tallis & Rapkin - York Minster, River Ouse, City Centre early U.S. geography making it not only aThis is a striking Victorian era map of York, created by the mapmakers Tallis and Rapkin and published in 1851. By this period, York remained one of the nation's most historically significant urban centres, a place where Roman legions had marched, where medieval kings were crowned, and where Georgian terraces now stood alongside Norman walls. This mid nineteenth century plan captures York at a moment of railway age transformation. York itself