Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211162
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C166
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Image Title:
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Bedfordshire
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Parent Work Title:
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Bedfordiensis Comitatus, Anglis Bedford Shire
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Creator:
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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c1648
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Description:
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Map: County of Bedfordshire. Highly coloured long narrow map with very rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated. Borders are marked in different colours. The title is presented in a cartouche shaped like a banner. The map features five coats of arms: three of the Dukes of Bedford: John Plantaginet; George Nevill and Jesper of Hatfield, and two of the Earls of Bedford: Ingelram Coucy and John Ruffel. Bottom left is a scale decorated with a cherub holding a pair of dividers and bottom right a Union crest. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges.
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Language Name:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language Name:
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lat
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Category of Material:
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Latin
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Bedfordshire
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People Covered:
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Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, 1389-1435
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People Covered:
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Bedford, Jasper Tudor, Duke of, 1431?-1495
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Item Height:
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555 mm
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Item Width:
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327 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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