Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211178
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C218
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Parent Work Title:
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Saxton's Map of Essex
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Creator:
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Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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1576
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Description:
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Essex. Highly coloured map with very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated in colour. Borders are marked in different colours. The title is presented in Latin, bottom right in a large colourful cartouche decorated with a coat of arms. Beneath this is a scale decorated with a pair of dividers and marked: 'Scala Miliarium'. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Beneath the map is printed the title in English and '(British Museum. Maps C.7.c.I.)'. Beneath this is: 'Emery walker Limited, Collotypers'.
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Language Code:
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lat
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Language Name:
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Latin
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language Name:
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English
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printing (process)
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Essex
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Item Height:
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496 mm
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Item Width:
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635 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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