Britain Maps Stanford University Public content

Alternative Title:
Camden's Britannia and Britannia
Description:
written first in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. ; translated newly into English by Philémon Holland doctour in physick: finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author. Relief shown pictorially. Indexes: The table of England; Names of antiquitie; The table of Scotland; The table of Ireland, and the lesser isles. English translation of Britannia. Leather binding. Fore-edges red. First 2 last 3 pages blank (included in page description). Engraved frontispiece, title page, and head and tail-pieces throughout; woodcut illustrations throughout. Divided into 3 parts: Britaine -- Scotland -- Ireland; and the smaller lands in the British Ocean. Introductory text. Extensive Descriptive text accompanies each map. Decorative cartouches, compass roses, bar scales, royal coat of arms; some have keys and indexes (e.g. Maps 8, 10, 11). Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports. Illustrations of ships, sea monsters. Illustration of "Coines of the Britans" on pages 89-96. Map 1 on frontispiece. Map 3 has inset map with a bird's eye view. Map 18 has pictorial representation of London. Map 44 has Poseidon figure kissing woman in sea. Scotland section contains Maps 56; Ireland section contains Map 57. Latin titles on maps; original Latin text in some areas, e.g. Ad lectorem.
Creator:
Camden, William, 1551-1623, Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637, Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-, Hole, William, -1624, Bishop, George, -1611, and Norton, John, -1612
Publisher:
Impensis Georgii Bishop et Ioannis Norton,
Provider:
Stanford
Resource Class:
Maps
Date Issued:
1610
Spatial Coverage:
Europe, England, Scotland, and Ireland
Rights:
Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
Rights Holder:
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
License:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Access Rights:
Public
Format:
JPEG2000
Georeferenced:
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https://purl.stanford.edu/zb620dw9641

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