Map Collection

Norden 1607
KD1996.2:- 
Map, uncoloured copper plate engraving, Hamshire olim Pars Belgarum ie Hampshire, with part of the Isle of Wight, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, by John Norden, about 1595, engraved by William Hole, published in William Camden's Britannia, 6th Latin edition, 1607.
map feature:-  table of hundreds & hundreds & table of symbols & compass rose & scale line & not coloured & sea monsters & ships & parks & settlements
inscription:-  printed -on- HAMSHIRE / OLIM PARS BELGARVM
inscription:-  printed -on- : Jo[ ] Norden descripsit WHole sculp
dimension:-  = 32x28.5cm
scale = 1 to 240000 ? (approx)

reference:-  (taken from) Camden: 1607: Britannia
Norgate, Martin; Norgate, Jean: 1997: Notes from Norden's Map of Hampshire: Hampshire CC Museums Service:: ISBN 1 85975 131 8
  Map Group -- Norden 1607 -- with Research Notes

MN: 23.8.1999