An ancient mappe of Fairyland
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Ancient mappe of Fairyland… depicts a place loosely defined as one of fantasy, literary imagination and make-believe. It is a bird’s-eye view of an island with extraordinary topography, populated with a complete range of myth, fable, legend, nursery rhyme, children’s story, play and poem.
Journeying across it, one might pass through Peter Pan’s Never-Never Land to Avalon and the medieval legend of King Arthur, via Puss in Boots, Hansel and Gretel, and Oberon’s shield.
- Full title:
- An ancient mappe of Fairyland newly discovered and set forth designed by Bernard Sleigh
- Published:
- 1918, London
- Created:
- 1918
- Format:
- Map
- Creator:
- Bernard Sleigh (illustrator)
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Held by
- British Library
- Shelfmark:
- L.R.270.a.46.
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