Keer 1604
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| NOTES from KEER'S MAP of GREAT BRITAIN, 1604 | ||
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These notes are taken from a poor reproduction of the map of
England, Scotland and Ireland, ie Great Britain, published
by Johannes Jansson, Amsterdam, 1621. The map is originally
by Peter van den Keere, 1604, whose plate was acquired by
Jansson who replaced Keere's name with his own for the 1621
edition.
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The reproduction is in:-
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Shirley, Rodney W: 1991 (revised edn): Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650: Antique Atlas Publications:: ISBN 0 9514914 2 3 |
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While it is nice to see the map it becomes tiresome that so
many reproduced maps in books are so reduced that it is not
possible to view them as anything except pretty things. Maps
have content; if you can't read it why reproduce it?
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Some of these notes, especially detail notes, are biased
towards a local interest.
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The general shape of the map follows Ortelius's map, 1570.
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| MAP FEATURES | ||
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title cartouche
strapwork cartouche map maker coat of arms |
Printed upper right is a strapwork cartouche with the
title of the map:-
ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE, ET HIBERNIAE, SIVE / BRITANNICAR: INSULARUM DESCRIPTIO Below this is an oval cartouche:- Amstelodami / Excudebat Iohannes / Ianssonius. Anno / 1621. This replaces Keer's original wording:- Petrus / Kaerus caelavit / &t excudit / a 1604 The title cartouche is decorated with two coats of arms, the harp of Ireland, and the lion of Scotland. |
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| coat of arms |
Printed upper left is the coat of arms of Great Britain;
quarters 1 and 4 have the quartered arms of England with
France, quarter 2 has the lion of Scotland, quarter 3 has
the harp of Ireland.
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| descriptive text |
Printed lower right is a cartouche of descriptive text
surrounded by three portraits in round cartouches,
captioned:-
JACOBUS Primus Rex ANGLIAE SCOTIAE et HIBER. ANNA FILIA REGIS DANIA REGIS ANOLIAE UXOR. HENRICUS PRINCEPS WALLIAE NATUS 19 FEBRUARII 1593 James VI king of Scotland since 1567, became king of England as James I in 1603. His wife was Anne of Denmark. Their eldest son, Henry, Prince of Wales, died 1612 and the second son inherited the throne as Charles I, 1625. The text, in Latin, is:- Ea insula quae hodie duo Regna, Anglicum nempe & Scoticum continet, cum Hibernia illi ab Occidente opposita, & insulis circumjacentibus, ut sunt Orcades, Hebrides, Mona, Vectis & ceterae, a veteribus communi olim vocabulo Britannicae appellatae fuerunt; nomine uti videtur sumpto ab earum maxima, quam singulariter Britanniam dixere idque ab ejus genuino et antiquissimo autochthonum vocabulo Prydain, ut Humfredo placet. Birds holding roses decorate the cartouche. |
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orientation
up is W compass rose rhumb lines labelled borders |
Printed in the middle is a compass rose with star points
for the cardinal, half cardinal, false and by points. Rhumb
lines radiate from the rose, engraved across sea areas, but
no the land. North is indicated by a fleur de lys.
The map borders are labelled:- Occidens Septentrio Oriens Meridies The map is printed with West at the top of the page. |
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scale line
dividers |
A strapwork cartouche lower centre has a scale of:-
Milliaria Anglicana This has 60 miles chequered in 5 mile intervals, labelled at 10 miles intervals. Above is a pair of dividers. |
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lat and long
lat and long scales |
The borders of the map have scales of latitude and
longitude, chequered at 4 minute intervals with marks at 20
minute intervals, labelled at degrees. The projection is
trapezoid. The map covers 26d 40m to 13d 20m E on the south
border (left); 48d 20m to 61d 10m N on the top border (W).
The longitude of Greenwich (estimated, the place is not
shown) is about 24d 36m E ie longitude is from about:-
prime meridian 24d 36m W Which is probably in the Cape Verde islands. |
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sea area
sea pecked ships |
The sea area is stippled; some sea areas are labelled,
eg:-
OCEANUS BRITANNICUS for the English Channel. The sea is decorated with a few ships, sea nymphs blowing horns, and, lower right, Neptune on a horse holding a trident, accompanied by a nymph, of course. |
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coast line
coast shaded |
The coast line shaded for emphasis.
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| rivers |
Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering inland, not
labelled.
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relief
hillocks |
Hillocks are drawn to indicate relief in a very few
places; mountains in Wales, the Pennines, mountains in
Scotland and Ireland. There is a chain of hillocks for
Salisbury Plain, and a group in Cornwall, but little
else.
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| forests |
A very few tree symbols are drawn, for example in Essex
south of Cambridge.
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| county |
County boundaries are not shown, but some county areas
are labelled, eg:-
Sout Hampton Wilshire in upright lowercase text, usually split up on several lines. |
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| settlements |
Settlements are marked by a dot and circle,
differentiated by the size of the dot and added features.
These have not been studied closely.
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| capital |
bold dot, circle, towers and cross, and buildings;
labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Londen Note that Edinburgh is engraved as a town 'Edenborg'. |
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| city |
bold dot, circle, tower and cross; labelled in italic
lowercase text, eg:-
Wynchester |
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| town |
dot, circle, tower; labelled in italic lowercase text,
eg:-
Alton |
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