Saxton 1579
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item:- Chetham's Library (2) |
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Lancastriae, scale about 4
miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, engraved by Remegius
Hogenbergius, 1577.
Published in an Atlas of England and Wales, 1579. |
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Saxton 1579 | |
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printed scroll cartouche, upper right
LANCASTRIAE / Comitatus palatin vera / et absoluta descriptio / Anno Dn~i 1577 |
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printed with scale line, lower left
Christophorus Saxton descripsit / Remegius hogenbergius sculpsit |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 2 5/8 ins | |
| scale:- | 1 to 240000 ? (guess) | |