Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211156
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C75
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Image Title:
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South West England and Wales
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Parent Work Title:
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Occidentalior Regni Angliae Districtus Comprehendens Principarum Walliæ et Glocestriæ Ducatum
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Creator:
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Wit, Frederik de
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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1693
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Description:
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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.
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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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Technique Used:
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Hand colouring
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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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Wales
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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613 mm
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Item Width:
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525 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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