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Research Notes
Map Group PETRI 1588
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Petri 1588
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These notes are taken from a poor reproduction of the map of
Great Britain, copying that of Sebastian Munster, 1540, by
Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588. The reproduction is published
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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Detail notes are unduly biased towards Hampshire.
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The map is printed from a woodcut in the copper plate manner
and copies the map published in 'Geographia' by Sebastian Munster
in 1540. It owes its drawing to Ortelius, Mercator and the Gough
map.
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title
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Printed across the top is:-
Engellandt mit dem anstossenden Reich
Schottlandt so vor zeiten Albion und Britannia haben
geheissen.
The map includes England and Wales, most of Scotland without
the Orkneys or Shetland, and a good part of Ireland.
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orientation
labelled borders
up is W
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The map borders are labelled:-
OCCIDENS
SEPTEN.
ORIENS
MERIDIES
It is printed with West at the top of the page. Its
forerunner, Munster 1540, had East at the top.
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scale line
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Printed lower centre is a scale line of:-
Miliara Anglica
The 100 miles are chequered in 5 mile intervals, labelled at
10 mile intervals.
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descriptive text
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There is a plain cartouche with descriptive text printed lower
right (but illegible in the reproduction):-
Diese landschafften [ ] Ptolemeus die
Britannischen Insulen ...
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sea area
sea moire effect
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The sea is engraved with a moire effect.
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coast line
coast shaded
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The coast line is shaded for emphasis. It is possible to
recognise:-
Christchurch Harbour [large]
Solent, The
Southampton Water [over large]
Portsmouth Harbour [perhaps small]
relevant to Hampshire
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rivers
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Rivers are drawn with a double wiggly line tapering to a
single line inland. A number of them end in a lake, a stylistic
feature reminiscent of the Gough map.
Rivers relevant to Hampshire are:-
Stour
Avon [running inland to 'Sarisbere']
Test [through 'Ransy' ending in a
non-existent lake]
Itchen
Hamble ?
Meon
Wallington
Enbourne
Loddon ?
These are not at all definite identifications!
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relief
hillocks
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Some relief is shown by large hillock symbols. Scotland and
Ireland have ranges of mountains. Wales has some but not where
you'd expect. And there are odd hills here and there. A large
hillock north of Salisbury is probably:-
Salisbury Plain
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county
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Some counties are labelled, eg:-
VILSHIRE
but there are no boundaries, and many unlabelled.
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settlements
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Settlements are positioned by a circle, and most have a tower
around the circle. London has more buildings. All place name
labels seem to be in italic lowercase text.
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Hampshire Places
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The places relevant to Hampshire are:-
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Linutgor [Lymington]
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Calsot [Calshot Castle]
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Ransy [Romsey]
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Hampton [Southampton]
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Walram [Bishops Waltham]
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Porchmat [Portsmouth]
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Allon [Alton]
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Hanant [Havant]
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and there may be others which I am not recognising. This is
more places than are included on the forerunner map, Munster
1540.
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