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Map Collection
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Saxton 1575
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BWM550:-
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Reproduction map, Southamtoniae, ie Hampshire, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Leonard Terwoort, Antwerp, Netherlands, published by Christopher
Saxton, map maker, London? about 1575, reproduced by the British Museum,
London.
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map feature:-
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scale line (with compasses) & coat of arms (royal and family) & parks
& settlements & ships & sea monsters & title cartouche &
hand coloured & coast shaded & rivers & trees & forests &
woods & relief & hillocks |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- cartouche at bottom centre
Christophorus Saxton descripsit
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inscription:- |
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SOVT / HAMTONIAE / Comitus (preter Insulas / Vectis Jersey, et Garnsey /
quoe sunt partes eiusdem / comitatus) cum suis undiq / confinibus Oppidis,
pagis, / villis, et fluminibus, / vera descriptio
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inscription:- |
printed -on- label below scale line
LEONARDUS TERWOORT ANTVERPIANUS SCULPSIT
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dimension:- |
scale = 1 to 190000 ? (approx, 1 to 194600 ?) |
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reference:- |
Saxton, Christopher: 1579: Atlas of England and Wales |
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Map Group -- Saxton 1575 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 26.9.2001 |