It is incredible that drawings made hundreds of years ago still feature sights and buildings that are recognisable today.
While our gallery focuses on the Yorkshire Coast, we have included a few other familiar places.
Browse our gallery to see Castle Howard only partially completed and Clifford's Tower in very different surroundings to those in which it stands now.
9. Images of Yorkshire
Ships run aground at Scarborough in North Yorkshire, 1880. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub. 6th November 1880 Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
10. Images of Yorkshire
The beach at Scarborough, England. Engraved by John Setterington, circa 1735. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
11. Images of Yorkshire
Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, granted by William the Conqueror to Hildebert de Lascy, circa 1500. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
12. Images of Yorkshire
Richmond Yorkshire, the Norman castle from the south east, circa 1750. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images