Jansson 1646
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item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.22 |
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie
Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646, edn 1683.
This example probably comes from a large Dutch Atlas, published by Gerard Valk and Peter Schenk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1683; plate 59, the reverse is plain. The map has coats of arms for Marcatus, Ran. Meschems, Andrew Harkley, Raphe Nevill, John Duke of Bedford, John Duke of Somerset, John de Foix, and Lord Henry Clifford. |
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Jansson 1646 | |
| map feature:- | scroll cartouche & coat of arms & heraldic border & compass rose & labelled borders & up is N & rhumb lines & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & galleons & coast shaded & rivers & bridges & lakes & woods & forests & relief & hillocks & parks & county & settlements | |
| inscription:- |
printed title cartouche, upper left
CUMBRIA & / WESTMORIA. / Vulgo / Cumberland & West- / morland. |
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| inscription:- |
printed lower left of centre
Amstelodami / Apud / G. VALK, et P. SCHENK. |
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| inscription:- |
printed top right
59 (plate number) |
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| inscription:- |
printed below scale line
Milliaria Anglica quorum quatuor unum Mil : / liaria Germanicum constituunt. |
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| longitude, Kendal:- | 14d 46m E | |
| scale line:- | 10 miles = 67.9 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 240000 ? (1 to 237017 from scale line wrongly assuming a statute mile) | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 60.5x50.5cm | |
| wxh, plate:- | 534x423mm | |
| wxh, map:- | 532x420mm | |