COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211158
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C77
Image Title:
Southern England
Parent Work Title:
Orientalior districtus regni Angliæ comprehendens comitatus et provincias Cantium, Suthsexiam, Hantoniam, Surriam, Essexiam, Midlesexiam, Bercheriam, Hartfordiam, Buckingamiam, Cantabrigiam Nortfolciam, Oxonium, Bedfordiam, Suffolciam, Lincolniam, Huntingdoniam, Northamptoniam, Nottingamiam, Leicestriam, Rudlandiam
Creator:
Wit, Frederik de
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1693
Description:
Map: South East England and the North Sea. Hand coloured with a decorative title cartouche (top right) depicting Neptune and his wife Salacia. Four Scale bars indicate English, French, German and Scottish miles. Very rich detail includes cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings and borders are shaded in red and green.
Language Code:
lat
Language Name:
Latin
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England
Places Covered:
France
Item Height:
620 mm
Item Width:
525 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):
2012-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
