Keer 1605
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item:- Kendal Library : Map 142 |
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Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland,
scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den
Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1620.
Included in England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged ... from John Speed. The map title is translated from Latin; there is text on the reverse in English, part of the description of the county, abridged from Speed's atlas of 1611. As well as the text on the erverse of the map, there are three more pages of descriptive text with the map. The typesetting of the text differs from other editions of the map, only a check of an original atlas will reveal which edition this is.. |
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Keer 1605 | |
| map feature:- | strapwork cartouche & labelled borders & up is N & scale line & sea moire effect & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & county & settlements | |
| inscription:- |
printed title cartouche, lower right
Westmorland / and / Cumberland |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 15.4 mm | |
| inscription:- |
printed reverse
WESTMORLAND. / CHAPTER XL. / WESTMORLAND, by some late Latine writers is called Westmaria, and Westmor- / landia, by some later Westmoria, and in our English Tongue Westmorland. ... |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 16x10cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 122x85mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 1100000 ? (1 to 104503 from scale line) | |