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Map, copy, uncoloured lithograph? Anglia II Nova Tabula, New Map of England, scale about 50 miles to 1 inch, data in the Geographia by Claudius Ptolemy, engraved by Sebastian Munster, Basle, Switzerland, 1540.
The map shows all of England and Wales, with the southern part of Scotland, eastern part of Ireland and some of the coast of France.
   Ptolemy 1540
map feature:- coat of arms (England and Scotland, on flags) & up is E & sea wave effect & coast line & rivers & relief & hillocks & county & settlements & table of data (identifications of some placenames)
wxh:- 335x240mm
scale:- 1 to 3000000 (estimate)
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