COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211156
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C75
Image Title:
South West England and Wales
Parent Work Title:
Occidentalior Regni Angliae Districtus Comprehendens Principarum Walliæ et Glocestriæ Ducatum
Creator:
Wit, Frederik de
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1693
Description:
North West to South West England, Wales and part of Ireland. Hand coloured with a highly decorative title cartouche (top left) incorporating classical figures. Four scale bars indicate English, French, German and Scottish miles. Very rich detail includes cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings and borders are shaded in red and green.
Language Code:
lat
Language Name:
Latin
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Hand colouring
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
Wales
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
613 mm
Item Width:
525 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
