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map type:- Camden 1695
map
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Maps, Britannia Romana, and Britannia Saxonica, published
by A Swale, The Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, and by A and
J Churchil, The Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
Included in Britannia by William Camden, 1586, translated
from Latin and expanded by Edmund Gibson, 1695.
Included, reengraved, in the edition of Britannia translated
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789; with text about
the etymology of Saxon place names, by Richard Gough.
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see:-
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Camden 1695 |
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Camden 1789 map |
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(example Armitt Library : A6588.2)
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map feature:-
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scroll cartouche & up is N & scale line & lat
and long scales (slanted trapezoidal projection; latitude 0
is about 8m W of London, the scale is labelled Degrees from
London) & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers
& lakes & relief & hillocks & tribal areas
& settlements & roman towns
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inscription:-
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printed upper left
BRITANNIA / Romana
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
Milliaria Stadia
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wxh, page:-
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44x39cm (guess)
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wxh, image:-
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357x423mm (guess)
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scale line:-
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80 ? = 53.7 mm
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scale line:-
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700 ? = 58.1 mm
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scale:-
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sources:-
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Armitt Library
Kendal Library Maps
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Armitt Library : A6588.2
-- map -- Britannia Romana -- Roman Britain
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Armitt Library : A6588.3
-- map -- Britannia Saxonica -- Saxon Britain
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Kendal Library : Map 144
-- map -- Britannia Saxonica -- Saxon England
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