Map Collection

Morden 1695
ACM1934.74.19:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Hamp Shire, ie Hampshire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published in an edition of Britannia by William Camden, 1695.
This is one of the earlier maps of Hampshire to show roads; a selection of those published by John Ogilby, 1675.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & scale line (two) & county & hundreds & settlements & rivers & trees & woods & relief & hillocks & coast shaded & roads (few) & lat and long scales & time from Greenwich
inscription:-  printed -on- map HAMP / SHIRE / by Robt Morden.
dimension:-  wxh, plate = 424x367mm
scale = 1 to 300000 ? (approx)

reference:-  Camden: 1695: Britannia
Norgate, Martin; Norgate, Jean: 1997: Notes from Morden's Map of Hampshire: Hampshire CC Museums Service:: ISBN 1 85975 134 2
  Map Group -- Morden 1695 -- with Research Notes

MN: 15.6.1998