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Paris 1240s
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Maps, 4 manuscripts, of Great Britain by Matthew Paris, St Albans, drawn in the mid 13th century.
Three of the four manuscripts are in the British Library, the fourth is at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
references:- Paris, Matthew & Poole, Herbert, Rev (place name notes): 1928: Four Maps of Britain designed by Matthew Paris: British Library (Maps Ref B.8)
Paris, Matthew & Vaughan, Richard (ed): 1993: Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris: Sutton, Alan & Corpus Christi College (Cambridge):: ISBN 0 7509 0276 0

sources:- British Library : Cotton MS Claudius D.vi fol.12
Corpus Christi, Cambridge : MS 16
British Library : Cotton MS Julius D viii fol.50
British Library : Royal MS 14C vii fol.5