Speed 1611
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item:- Armitt Library : A6632.37 image:- © see bottom of page |
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Map, uncoloured engraving, The Countie Palatine of
Lancaster, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed
1610, engraved by Jodocus Hondius, published by Thomas
Bassett, The George, Fleet Street, and Richard Chiswell, The
Rose and Crown, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676.
The reverse of the map is pp. 75 and 76; text in English. Included in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain by John Speed. |
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Speed 1611 | |
| map feature:- | picture frame border & scroll cartouche & swash lettering & vignettes (kings and queens of the House of Lancaster) & coat of arms, royal & coat of arms (Edward Croukbak E, Iohn of Gant D.) & inset map (LANCASTER with a SCALE OF PASES, 200 paces=36.8mm) & compass rose & up is N & scale line & sea moire effect & galleons & sea monsters & coast shaded & foreshore sands & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & woods & parks & county & settlements | |
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printed scroll cartouche, upper right
THE COUNTIE PALATINE / OF LANCASTER DESCRIBED AND / DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS 1610 |
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Performed by Iohn Speed And are to be solde / by Thomas Bassett in Fleetstreet, and Ric : / Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard. |
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Jodocus Hondius caela : / vit Anno Domini 1610 |
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printed reverse, p.75
THE DESCRIPTION OF LANCA-SHIRE. / THE County Palatine of Lancaster (famous for the 4 Henries, the 4, 5, 6, & 7. Kings of England, derived from John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster) is upon the South confined and parted by the River Mersey, from the County Palatine of Chester; the fair County of Darby-shire bordering upon the East; the large Country of York-shire, together with Westmoreland and Cumberland, being her kind neighbours upon the North, and the Sea called Mare Hibernicum embracing her upon the West. ... |
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The Scale of Miles |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 64.1 mm | |
| wxh, map:- | 516x383mm (about) | |
| scale:- | 1 to 250000 ? (1 to 251068 from scale line, wrongly assuming a statute mile) | |
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