Northvmbria, Cvmberlandia, et Dvnelmensis episcopatus

Description

Printed map. "Per Gerardum Mercatorem cum priuilegio". Visual scale [79 mm=20 "miliaria mediocria Angliæ"].

Two possible original sources: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes... Sumptibus et typis aeneis Henrici Hondij (Amsterodami An. D. 1628) or Gerardi Mercatoris Et I. Hondii, Atlas ou Representation du monde universal, et des parties d'icelui... (A Amsterdam chez Henry Hondius, demeurant sur le Dam, a l'enseigne du Chien vigilant. Ao. D. 1633).

Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. II, entry Me 28A (1628), p. 334-338 and entry Me 36A (1633), p. 358-364.

McMaster's copy has French text on verso under heading, "La seconde table d'Angleterre, portant Northvmberland, le Comte de Cvmberland & l'evesché de Dunelme" with page numbering "124" and "121" respectively in the upper margins. Page numbered "124" has shorter heading, "Angleterre".

Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.

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Details

Title: Northvmbria, Cvmberlandia, et Dvnelmensis episcopatus
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Subject
Description: Printed map. "Per Gerardum Mercatorem cum priuilegio". Visual scale [79 mm=20 "miliaria mediocria Angliæ"]. Two possible original sources: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes... Sumptibus et typis aeneis Henrici Hondij (Amsterodami An. D. 1628) or Gerardi Mercatoris Et I. Hondii, Atlas ou Representation du monde universal, et des parties d'icelui... (A Amsterdam chez Henry Hondius, demeurant sur le Dam, a l'enseigne du Chien vigilant. Ao. D. 1633). Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. II, entry Me 28A (1628), p. 334-338 and entry Me 36A (1633), p. 358-364. McMaster's copy has French text on verso under heading, "La seconde table d'Angleterre, portant Northvmberland, le Comte de Cvmberland & l'evesché de Dunelme" with page numbering "124" and "121" respectively in the upper margins. Page numbered "124" has shorter heading, "Angleterre". Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Publisher
Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651
Date: 1628
Type
Format: map, [1:407,400 approximately]
Identifier: macrepo:79542, local: RMC_107222r
Source
Language: lat
Relation
Coverage: Northumberland (England), Cumberland (England), Europe--England--Northumberland, Cumbria
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