COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
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maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL1211202
image_number
JRL1211202
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C262.1
reference_number
Booker & Mills C262.1
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Lancastrie. Comitatus palatin vera et absoluta descriptio. Anno Dni 1577
title_larger_entity
Lancastrie. Comitatus palatin vera et absoluta descriptio. Anno Dni 1577
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Map of Lancashire
title_l_e_variant
Map of Lancashire
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
creator
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1932
date_created
1932
Date Created
false
Description:
Lancashire. Monochrome map created in 1577 and reprinted in 1932. Very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and mountains are illustrated as are the oceans with ships and sea creatures. The title is presented in Latin, top right in a large decorative cartouche with a table listing the Hundreds underneath. Bottom left is a scale decorated with a pair of dividers and marked: 'Scala Miliarium'. Above this is a largecoat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Beneath the map is printed: 'english country Maps Sheet 6 R. geog Soc. London 1932'.
description
Lancashire. Monochrome map created in 1577 and reprinted in 1932. Very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and mountains are illustrated as are the oceans with ships and sea creatures. The title is presented in Latin, top right in a large decorative cartouche with a table listing the Hundreds underneath. Bottom left is a scale decorated with a pair of dividers and marked: 'Scala Miliarium'. Above this is a largecoat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Beneath the map is printed: 'english country Maps Sheet 6 R. geog Soc. London 1932'.
Description
false
Language Code:
lat
language
lat
Language Code
false
Language Name:
Latin
language_name
Latin
Language Name
false
Language Code:
eng-GB
language
eng-GB
Language Code
false
Language Name:
English
language_name
English
Language Name
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Maps
class
Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
technique
Printing (process)
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Lancashire
spatial_coverage
England: Lancashire
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
475 mm
item_height
475 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
640 mm
item_width
640 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
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