COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211213
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C280
Image Title:
Middlesex
Parent Work Title:
Middle-sexia
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1648
Description:
Map: Middlesex. Monochrome map with rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated. The title is presented in an ornate cartouche bottom right. Beneath this is a scale marked as: 'Milliaria, Anglica, quorum, quatuor, unum constituent German'. Top left is a coat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges.
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
lat
Category of Material:
Latin
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Middlesex
Item Height:
510 mm
Item Width:
600 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
