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Research Notes
Map Group KEER 1604
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Keer 1604
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These notes are taken from a poor reproduction of the map of
England, Scotland and Ireland, ie Great Britain, published by
Johannes Jansson, Amsterdam, 1621. The map is originally by Peter
van den Keere, 1604, whose plate was acquired by Jansson who
replaced Keere's name with his own for the 1621 edition. The general
shape of the map follows Ortelius's map, 1570.
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The reproduction is in:-
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Shirley, Rodney W: 1991 (revised
edn): Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650: Antique
Atlas Publications:: ISBN 0 9514914 2 3
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While it is nice to see the map it becomes tiresome that so
many reproduced maps in books are so reduced that it is not
possible to view them as anything except pretty things. Maps have
content; if you can't read it why reproduce it?
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The detail notes, are biased towards a Hampshire interest.
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MAP FEATURES |
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PLACES in HAMPSHIRE |
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title cartouche
strapwork cartouche
map maker
coat of arms
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Printed upper right is a strapwork cartouche with the title of
the map:-
ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE, ET HIBERNIAE, SIVE /
BRITANNICAR: INSULARUM DESCRIPTIO
Below this is an oval cartouche:-
Amstelodami / Excudebat Iohannes /
Ianssonius. Anno / 1621.
This replaces Keer's original wording:-
Petrus / Kaerus caelavit / &t excudit /
a 1604
The title cartouche is decorated with two coats of arms, the
harp of Ireland, and the lion of Scotland.
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coat of arms
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Printed upper left is the coat of arms of Great Britain;
quarters 1 and 4 have the quartered arms of England with France,
quarter 2 has the lion of Scotland, quarter 3 has the harp of
Ireland.
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descriptive text
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Printed lower right is a cartouche of descriptive text
surrounded by three portraits in round cartouches,
captioned:-
JACOBUS Primus Rex ANGLIAE SCOTIAE et
HIBER.
ANNA FILIA REGIS DANIA REGIS ANOLIAE
UXOR.
HENRICUS PRINCEPS WALLIAE NATUS 19
FEBRUARII 1593
James VI king of Scotland since 1567, became king of England
as James I in 1603. His wife was Anne of Denmark. Their eldest
son, Henry, Prince of Wales, died 1612 and the second son
inherited the throne as Charles I, 1625.
The text, in Latin, is:-
Ea insula quae hodie duo Regna,
Anglicum nempe & Scoticum continet, cum Hibernia illi ab
Occidente opposita, & insulis circumjacentibus, ut sunt Orcades,
Hebrides, Mona, Vectis & ceterae, a veteribus communi olim
vocabulo Britannicae appellatae fuerunt; nomine uti videtur
sumpto ab earum maxima, quam singulariter Britanniam dixere idque
ab ejus genuino et antiquissimo autochthonum vocabulo Prydain, ut
Humfredo placet.
Birds holding roses decorate the cartouche.
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orientation
up is W
compass rose
rhumb lines
labelled borders
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Printed in the middle is a compass rose with star points for
the cardinal, half cardinal, false and by points. Rhumb lines
radiate from the rose, engraved across sea areas, but no the
land. North is indicated by a fleur de lys.
The map borders are labelled:-
Occidens
Septentrio
Oriens
Meridies
The map is printed with West at the top of the page.
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scale line
dividers
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A strapwork cartouche lower centre has a scale of:-
Milliaria Anglicana
This has 60 miles chequered in 5 mile intervals, labelled at
10 miles intervals. Above is a pair of dividers.
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lat and long scales
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The borders of the map have scales of latitude and longitude,
chequered at 4 minute intervals with marks at 20 minute
intervals, labelled at degrees. The projection is trapezoid. The
map covers 26d 40m to 13d 20m E on the south border (left); 48d
20m to 61d 10m N on the top border (W). The longitude of
Greenwich (estimated, the place is not shown) is about 24d 36m E
ie longitude is from about:-
prime meridian 24d 36m W
Which is probably in the Cape Verde islands. The longitude
of:-
Winchester 22d 48m E
estimated from the map.
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sea area
sea pecked
ships
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The sea area is stippled; some sea areas are labelled,
eg:-
OCEANUS BRITANNICUS
for the English Channel. The sea is decorated with a few
ships, sea nymphs blowing horns, and, lower right, Neptune on a
horse holding a trident, accompanied by a nymph, of course.
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coast line
coast shaded
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The coast line shaded for emphasis.
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rivers
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Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering inland, not
labelled. Hampshire has:-
Stour
Avon with Bourne tributary
Test
Hamble
Meon ?
Wallington
Loddon ?
Blackwater River ?
Wey
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relief
hillocks
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Hillocks are drawn to indicate relief in a very few places;
mountains in Wales, the Pennines, mountains in Scotland and
Ireland. There is a chain of hillocks for Salisbury Plain, and a
group in Cornwall, but little else.
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forests
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A very few tree symbols are drawn, for example in Essex south
of Cambridge.
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county
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County boundaries are not shown, but some county areas are
labelled, eg:-
Sout Hampton
Wilshire
Southrey
in upright lowercase text, usually split up on several
lines.
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settlements
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Settlements are marked by a dot and circle, differentiated by
the size of the dot and added features. These have not been
studied closely; notes are biased towards Hampshire.
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capital
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bold dot, circle, towers and cross, and buildings; labelled in
upright lowercase text, eg:-
Londen
Note that Edinburgh is engraved as a town 'Edenborg'.
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city
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bold dot, circle, tower and cross; labelled in italic
lowercase text, eg:-
Wynchester
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town
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dot, circle, tower; labelled in italic lowercase text,
eg:-
Alton
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| PLACES |
in HAMPSHIRE |
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Some smaller places are included. The places relevant to
Hampshire are:-
Alforde [Alresford]
Alton
Andower
Bewly
Calshot [presumably the
castle]
Crystis church
Falcy [Fawley]
Hampton [Southampton]
Havant
Kingsklere
Lymygton
Portchester
Portsmout
Rasey [Romsey]
Ringwode
Tychfeld
Walram [Bishops Waltham]
Wynchester
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