Old maps of Mawnan

Maps of Mawnan

Cornwall LXXVII.3 & 4 (includes: Budock; Falmouth; Mawnan) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.6 (includes: Constantine; Mawnan) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.7 (includes: Mawnan) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.2 (includes: Budock; Constantine; Mawnan) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.2 (includes: Budock; Constantine; Mawnan) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.NW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.11 & 16 (includes: Constantine; St Keverne; Mawnan; St Anthony in Meneage) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.11 (includes: Constantine; Mawnan; St Anthony in Meneage) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.10 (includes: Constantine; Manaccan; Mawnan; St Anthony in Meneage) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.14 (includes: Budock; Constantine; Mabe; Mawnan) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.14 (includes: Budock; Constantine; Mabe; Mawnan) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.15 (includes: Budock; Falmouth) - 25 Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.15 (includes: Budock; Falmouth) - 25 Inch Map

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SW72 & Parts of SW82 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens & Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, this Chart of Plymouth Sound is ... dedicated

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Cornwall LXXVII.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXVII.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Cornwall LXXI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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A coloured chart of Falmouth Haven and the river Fal up to Truro; drawn 1590-1600

This sixteenth century drawing shows the layout of Falmouth harbour in Cornwall. It must have been drawn after the completion of Pendennis and St Mawes Castles in the 1540’s as these are depicted, although in a fanciful manner bearing little resemblance to the real structures. These castles were part of a defensive chain built by Henry VIII after a peace treaty was signed by Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain in 1538, making invasion of England probable. England and France were ancient enemies and the catholic Charles V, nephew of Catherine of Aragon, was angered by Henry VIII’s decision to divorce her. Henry’s dissolution of the monasteries provided him with enormous wealth with which he was able to commission surveys of the vulnerable coastline and build defence fortifications. This drawing was probably executed to provide a record of this vulnerable area of the coast for defensive purposes. It is possible that this drawing may date from 1598 – 1599 when the military engineer Paul Ivey was responsible for strengthening St Mawes and Pendennis following the 1597 scare that the Spanish might direct an armada towards Falmouth Haven. Pictorial depiction’s of castles, ships and sea monsters feature on this map which verges on the fanciful in its details, the naval battle in the top left is simply an embellishment. In the bottom left hand corner is a clover leaf pattern that is in fact an accurate ground plan of St Mawes Castle. A later annotator may have drawn this in an attempt to correct the picturesque inaccuracy of its depiction in this drawing.

Helston, Cornwall

This drawing is attributed to Robert Dawson (1771-1860), a first-class Royal Military Draughtsman and Surveyor. He was also an influential teacher at the Tower of London Drawing Room, where he had been employed since the age of eighteen. The map is oriented unconventionally, with north to the left rather than at the top. Consequently, Lizard Head, the southernmost point of Great Britain, lies to the right of the plan. The boundaries of the area surveyed are coastal from Porthleven to Falmouth Bay, but at Lower Trenoweth they leave the coastline and follow the roads inland. The word 'flag' is written in several places (the tip of the Lizard, for example) to mark points between which Dawson took angular measurements to pinpoint topographical features. Similarly Signal Staff points are noted around the coast at Black Head and below Mullion Island. Helston was a tin-mining town. Copper and tin mines in the area are indicated by symbols. Dawson, Robert