Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Nova Descriptio
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map type:- Mercator 1564 |
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Map, Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Nova Descriptio, scale
about 14 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg,
Germany, 1564.
The draft of the map was probably by Lawrence Nowell or John Rudd; the map is a new and much improved representation of the British Isles. |
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(example British Library : Maps 183.r.2)
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| map feature:- | scroll cartouche & coat of arms, royal & labelled borders (West, Nord, Oost, Zuyd) & up is W & scale line & sea pecked & coast shaded & rivers & lakes (in Scotland, not ion The Lakes) & relief & hillocks & county & settlements | |
| inscription:- |
printed title cartouche, upper centre
ANGLIAE SCOTIAE / & Hiberniae nova descriptio |
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| inscription:- |
printed lower
Absolutum & / evulgatum Duys / burgi anno Do / mini 1564 |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 256x90cm (estimate) | |
| wxh, map:- | 1284x891mm (estimate) | |
| inscription:- |
printed with scale line
Scala miliarium Anglicorum |
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| scale line:- | 50 miles = 90.0 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 900000 ? (1 to 894080 from scale line assuming a statute mile) | |
| sources:- |
British Library : Maps 183.r.2 Duisberg Museum |
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| items seen (illustrated items in bold):- | ||
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Duisberg Museum : 1 -- map -- Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Nova Descriptio -- England, Scotland and Ireland Newly Described | |