Britanniae Insulae
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map type:- Lily 1546 |
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Map, Britanniae Insulae, British Isles, scale roughly 30
miles to 1 inch? by George Lily, Rome, Italy, 1546.
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(example British Library : K.Top.V.1)
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| map feature:- | strapwork cartouche & coat of arms, royal & descriptive text & table of symbols & labelled borders (Latin) & up is W & lat and long scales & scale line & sea pecked & galleons & coast line & rivers & relief & hillocks & county & settlements | |
| inscription:- |
printed upper right
BRITANNIAE INSULAE QUAE NUNC ANGLIAE ET SCOTIAE REGNA CONTINET CUM HIBERNIA ADIACENTE NOVA DESCRIPTIO / GLA |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 76x54.5cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 742x353mm | |
| inscription:- |
printed with scale line
MILLIARIA |
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| scale line:- | 200 miles = 175.8 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 1800000 ? (1 to 1830881 from scale line, unreliable) | |
| references:- |
Shirley, Rodney W: 1991 (revised edn): Early Printed Maps of
the British Isles: Antique Atlas:: ISBN 0 9514914 2 3 |
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| sources:- |
British Library : K Top v (1) |
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| items seen (illustrated items in bold):- | ||
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British Library : K.Top.V.1 -- map -- Britanniae Insulae -- British Isles | |