COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211185
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C235
Parent Work Title:
Hantshire described and divided
Creator:
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
c1608
Description:
Berkshire. Monochrome map with an ornate border and very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and mountains are illustrated. Top right is a small map of Winchester with a key. Beneath this down the left side are the arms of the Earls of Winchester. Down the right side are the arms of the Earls of Southampton. Bottom right is a scale of miles. Above the scale is printed: 'Are to be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet street and Richard Chiswell in St Pauls Churchyard.'
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
English
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Hampshire
People Covered:
Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of, 1509-1550
Item Height:
445 mm
Item Width:
562 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
