Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211213
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C280
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Parent Work Title:
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Middle-sexia
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Middlesex
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Creator:
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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1648
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Description:
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Middlesex. Monochrome map with rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated. The title is presented in an ornate cartouche bottom right. Beneath this is a scale marked as: 'Milliaria, Anglica, quorum, quatuor, unum constituent German'. Top left is a coat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges.
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language Name:
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English
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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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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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Medium:
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Ink
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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: Middlesex
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Item Height:
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510 mm
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Item Width:
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600 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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