Map Collection

Camden 1789
(associated)

FA1999.5.2:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Britannia Roman ie Roman Britain, probably by John Cary, London, 1789.
The map shows british tribal areas keyed to a table of tribes by roman numbers; eg II near the head of the Test/Anton is the Belgae; the map is accompanied by a table of place names keyed to the map by a grid A..V, b..n.
Facing vol.1 p.LXXXIV in Britannia by William Camden, 1586, translated from Latin by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
inscription:-  -on- BRITANNIA ROMAN / collected from PTOLEMY, / ANTONINES ITINERARY, / the NOTITIA, and INSCRIPTIONS.
dimension:-  wxh, map = 24x34.5cm

  Map Group -- Camden 1789

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MN: 27.8.2002