Map Collection

Norden 1595
FA1991.7:- 
Reproduction map, colour halftone reproduction of the manuscript map of Ha'shire ie Hampshire, by John Norden, 1595, published by Hampshire County Council.
British Library reference Add.MS.31853 ff.23v.-24.
The reproduction is not full size and is not awfully clear.
map feature:-  title cartouche (strapwork) & swash lettering & compass rose (fleur de lys marks north 'Septen'; perhaps a crescent marking east) & (no scale line) & index grid (overall, chequered scales on borders of map) & rivers & woods & forests & relief & hillocks & beacons (more than shown on 1607 version) & hundreds & table of hundreds (different errors in the labelling of hundreds on this version cf published 1607 version) & county & coat of arms (royal) & settlements & table of symbols (circle, tower, weathercock 'Market townes', bigger towns have more buildings; circle, tower 'Parishes'; circle, line 'Hamlets and villages'; circle, half cross 'Chappells of ease'; circle, buildings 'Howses of noble men'; circle 'Other houses of name'; circle, crossed out 'Places decaid'; circle, building, flag 'Castles'; spot, dotted circle, flag 'Olde trenches and fortes'; circle, cross 'Places somtime monasticall'; hill, posts 'Becons or baukens') & ships & sea monsters & harbours & inset map (Isle of Wight, Guernsey, Jersey)
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche HA'SHIRE
dimension:-  wxh = 51x42cm

  Map Group -- Norden 1595ms -- with Research Notes

MN & AJP: 19.10.1995