COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
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maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
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Image Number:
JRL1211192
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JRL1211192
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C245
reference_number
Booker & Mills C245
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Hertfordshire
title
Hertfordshire
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Hartford Shire described. The sittuations of Hartford and the most ancient towne S. Albans with such memorable actions as have happened
title_larger_entity
Hartford Shire described. The sittuations of Hartford and the most ancient towne S. Albans with such memorable actions as have happened
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
creator
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1611-1631
date_created
1611-1631
Date Created
false
Description:
Map: Hertfordshire. Created by John Speed in the early seventeenth century and re-printed in the Nineteenth century. Monochrome with ornate border, the map is very rich in detail including cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles, mountains and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings. Inset top left is a map of 'Hartforde' with a key to significant features and a 'Scale of Pases'. Beneath this are illustrated the arms of Roger Earl of Clare and Hartford and Edward Seymour Earl of Hartford. Top right is an illustration of Verolanium the Roman city which stood where St Albans now stands, together with a paragraph describing its history. Bottom right is a lengthy paragraph describing the three battles that took place in Hertfordshire at St Albans in 1455 and 1461, and at High Barnet in 1471. Bottom left is an illustration of a globe maker and the inscription: 'Performed by John Speed and are to be sold in Popes Head Alley by John Sudbury and George Humbell Cum Privilegio. Jodocus Hondius Calavit'. The legend along the bottom says: 'Reprinted and published by Kelly & Co., and presented to the subscribers to the Post Office Directory of Herts'.
description
Map: Hertfordshire. Created by John Speed in the early seventeenth century and re-printed in the Nineteenth century. Monochrome with ornate border, the map is very rich in detail including cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles, mountains and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings. Inset top left is a map of 'Hartforde' with a key to significant features and a 'Scale of Pases'. Beneath this are illustrated the arms of Roger Earl of Clare and Hartford and Edward Seymour Earl of Hartford. Top right is an illustration of Verolanium the Roman city which stood where St Albans now stands, together with a paragraph describing its history. Bottom right is a lengthy paragraph describing the three battles that took place in Hertfordshire at St Albans in 1455 and 1461, and at High Barnet in 1471. Bottom left is an illustration of a globe maker and the inscription: 'Performed by John Speed and are to be sold in Popes Head Alley by John Sudbury and George Humbell Cum Privilegio. Jodocus Hondius Calavit'. The legend along the bottom says: 'Reprinted and published by Kelly & Co., and presented to the subscribers to the Post Office Directory of Herts'.
Description
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Language Name:
English
language_name
English
Language Name
false
Language Code:
eng
language
eng
Language Code
false
Sub-Category:
Maps
class
Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printed
technique
Printed
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Hertfordshire
spatial_coverage
England: Hertfordshire
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
385 mm
item_height
385 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
510 mm
item_width
510 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB