Merian's Map of Lisbon Mapmaker(s)_Nicolas Sanson Opinion in the Navy League

Opinion in the Navy League was split between a leadership which publicly welcomed moves towards universal disarmament in the aftermath of the war to end all wars

The map carries a wealth of detail

Woolnoth also engraved vignettes for the Greenwood brothers

Haines made his name surveying the Persian Gulf and became the first British administrator of Aden

The latter invites himself on the writer's journey

Merian's Map of Lisbon Mapmaker(s)_Nicolas Sanson Opinion in the Navy LeagueThis map shows Lisbon on the banks of the River Tagus, still at the height of her prosperity as the hub of a Portuguese empire and trade network which stretched between south America and east Asia. A legend at the foot identifies 34 key buildings and places of interest, many of which were destroyed in the 1755 earthquake. The map was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia Cosmica and Theatrum Europaeum. Merian