|
|
|
|
map type:- Lily 1546
|
|
|
Map, Britanniae Insulae, British Isles, scale roughly 30
miles to 1 inch? by George Lily, Rome, Italy, 1546.
|
|
(example British Library : K.Top.V.1)
|
|
map feature:-
|
strapwork cartouche & coat of arms, royal &
descriptive text & table of symbols & labelled
borders (Latin) & up is W & lat and long scales
& scale line & sea pecked & galleons & coast
line & rivers & relief & hillocks & county
& settlements
|
|
inscription:-
|
printed upper right
BRITANNIAE INSULAE QUAE NUNC ANGLIAE ET SCOTIAE REGNA
CONTINET CUM HIBERNIA ADIACENTE NOVA DESCRIPTIO / GLA
|
|
wxh, sheet:-
|
76x54.5cm
|
|
wxh, map:-
|
742x353mm
|
|
inscription:-
|
printed with scale line
MILLIARIA
|
|
scale line:-
|
200 miles = 175.8 mm
|
|
scale:-
|
1 to 1800000 ? (1 to 1830881 from scale line, unreliable)
|
|
references:-
|
Shirley, Rodney W: 1991 (revised edn): Early Printed Maps of
the British Isles: Antique Atlas:: ISBN 0 9514914 2 3
|
|
sources:-
|
British Library : K Top v (1)
|
|
items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
|
|
British Library : K.Top.V.1
-- map -- Britanniae Insulae -- British Isles
|