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[An atlas of the counties of England and Wales [cartographic material]

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: [An atlas of the counties of England and Wales [cartographic material]
  • Description:

    Consists of 45 coloured maps, variously dated from 1574 to 1579, which represent the earliest survey of England and Wales. There is one general map of England and Wales; 24 are maps of single counties; 6 are of pairs of counties, viz: Warwick with Leicester, Lincoln and Notts., Westmorland and Cumberland, Montgomery and Merioneth, Denbigh and Flint, and Anglesey and Carnarvon; 1 of three counties, Oxford, Berkshire and Buckingham; 2 containing four counties each, Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Middlesex, and Radnor, Brecknock, Cardigan and Caermarthen; and 1 of five counties, Northampton, Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingfon and Rutland.

    Maps are drawn by Christopher Saxton and engr. by Augusting Ryther, Remigius Hogenberg, Leonard Terwoort, Nicholas Reynolds, Cornelius Hogius and Francis Scatter.

    Indexed in: Chubb I.

  • Date range: [1579]
  • Date: 1579
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2016 22:55
  • Last Modified: 12 Apr 2017 18:55