COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211202
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C262.1
Image Title:
Lancashire
Parent Work Title:
Lancastrie. Comitatus palatin vera et absoluta descriptio. Anno Dni 1577
Creator:
Saxton, Christopher, b. 1542?
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1932
Description:
Map: Lancashire. Monochrome map created in 1577 and reprinted in 1932. Very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and mountains are illustrated as are the oceans with ships and sea creatures. The title is presented in Latin, top right in a large decorative cartouche with a table listing the Hundreds underneath. Bottom left is a scale decorated with a pair of dividers and marked: 'Scala Miliarium'. Above this is a largecoat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Beneath the map is printed: 'english country Maps Sheet 6 R. geog Soc. London 1932'.
Language Code:
lat
Language Name:
Latin
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language Name:
English
Category of Material:
English
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Lancashire
Item Height:
475 mm
Item Width:
640 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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
