Map: Surrey and Sussex. This map illustrates part of 'Poly-Olbion', a topographical poem written by Michael Drayton (1563-1631) which contained songs praising the beauty of England and Wales. This is one of several allegorical maps created to accompany these poems. The allegorical maps represented rivers with nymphs; hills with shepherds; forests with huntresses and cities with crowned female figures.
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Map: Surrey and Sussex. This map illustrates part of 'Poly-Olbion', a topographical poem written by Michael Drayton (1563-1631) which contained songs praising the beauty of England and Wales. This is one of several allegorical maps created to accompany these poems. The allegorical maps represented rivers with nymphs; hills with shepherds; forests with huntresses and cities with crowned female figures.
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