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Map Collection
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Saxton 1575
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FA2002.79:-
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Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Southamtoniae, ie Hampshire, scale
about 4 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Leonard Terwoort, Antwerp, Netherlands,
published by Christopher Saxton, map maker, London? about 1575.
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inscription:- |
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Christophorus Saxton descripsit
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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-
LEONADUS TERWOORT ANTVERPIANUS SCULPSIT
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inscription:- |
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[BV]
-- bunch of grapes |
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dimension:- |
scale = 1 to 190000 ? |
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reference:- |
Saxton, Christopher: 1579: Atlas of England and Wales (map taken from) |
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Map Group -- Saxton 1575 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 22.10.2002 |