1856 Geological and Paleaontological Map of the British Isles

Two beautiful double-page sheets combine to make one remarkable map of the British Isles. One is entitled  Geological and Paleaontological Map of the British Isles. The other is called Paleaontological Map. The maps approximately divide the British Isles into northern and southern halves. They were published in the second edition of Johnston's Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, out of Edinburgh by William Blackwood & Sons in 1856. Johnston composed the maps using sketches and notes of Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S. of Kings College London.  Johnston chose to illustrate the maps lavishly. The skull and antlers of an Irish elk are at top center of the first map. Between the antlers is the heading 'Tertiary and Post Tertiary Tertiary Mammalia'. Fossils of other ancient mammalian creatures are depicted nearby including hyena, mammoth and cave lion, all of which had lived in the British Isles and whose fossils have been found there. To the left of the center illustrations are images