Maps of England
BRITANNICARUM INSULARUM VETUS DESCRIPTIO - Map of Ireland, England and Wales
This map of the British Isles is the work of Abraham Ortelius. It dates from 1590 and was published in Antwerp. It appears in the fourth Additamentum to Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Ortelius published these 'additions' to supplement editions of his atlas. The fourth Additamentum contained, in addition to new, more modern maps, a section devoted to classical history known as the Parergon. It is in this section that this map resides. Here the northern and southern parts of the British Isles are shown with British tribes, Roman town names and other information according to classical traditions. Key features such as Hadrian's Wall and the forts along its length, such as Segodunum and Longovicum, can be clearly seen. For this new map Ortelius based the outline of England and Wales on that of Christopher Saxton, which portrayed the proportions of the land mass more accurately than before, although Ireland and Scotland remain the same as the existing maps in the atlas. It is likely that the engraving was by Jan Wierix. Ortelius, Abraham
Li regni d'Inghilterra e d'Irlanda
1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 29 x 38 cm Zatta Antonio Zatta
Carte des Iles Britanniques.
1 : 2600000 Vivien de St Martin, L.
Typus Angliae
This is a map of the British Isles by Jodocus Hondius, it dates from 1590 and was probably published in London where Hondius was resident for about 10 years from 1583. The map is dedicated to Robert, Earl of Essex in a small panel below Ireland. The outline of the England and Wales follows that of Saxton, with Ireland being a crude version of Ortelius's outline. Only a small section of Scotland is shown. Emphasis is placed on the decorative elements of the map. Surmounting the oval shaped map is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. She is flanked by text plaques on each side which contain biblical text praising the Queen and text hailing the prosperity of the realm. Contemporary costumed figures of an English nobleman and a citizen of London and their respective wives are displayed in opposite corners. Also included in the decorative scheme are symbolic compositions representing War (swords, spear, arrows) Art (musical instruments including a lute, viola, bagpipes) Industry (a chest and a sack of coins) and Husbandry (two sheep, a grain field and a bale of cloth) The map can be seen as a fore-runner of Hondius' large scale map of 1592 which shows an improved knowledge of the outline and interior of Ireland. Hondius, Jodocus
Invasions England, Ireland.
1 : 1770000 Robert Laurie & James Whittle
Anglia regnum [Karte], in: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura, S. 109.
1 Karte aus Atlas Mercator, Gerhard Montanus, Petrus
Britanniae sive Angliae regnum
1 : 1300000 Anglie Lotter, Tobias Conrad Tob. Conradi Lotter
Anglia regnum [Karte], in: Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura, S. 107.
1 Karte aus Atlas Mercator, Gerhard
Angliae Regni Florentissimi Nova Descriptio [...] [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, S. 36.
1 Karte aus Atlas Ortelius, Abraham
Isles Britanniques
1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 31 x 41 cm Mentelle; Tardieu; André Mentelle
Anglia, Regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentißimum. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, S. 83.
1 Karte aus Atlas Ortelius, Abraham Vrients, Jan Baptista
Novissima nec non perfectissima Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae tabula, divisa in omnes suas partes et provincias
1 : 865000 Amstelodami : apud J. Covens et C. Mortier
Anglia regnum
1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 34 x 44 cm Mercator; Hondius Henricus Hondius
Anglia regnum
1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 34 x 45 cm Mercator; Hondius Jodocus Hondius
Novissima prae caeteris aliis accuratissima regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae tabula
1 : 1900000 auctore Petri Schenk Amstelodami : Petrus Schenk
British Isles.
1 : 2728000 Gray, Ormando Willis
[Historisch-geographischer Atlas zu den allgemeinen Geschichtswerken von C. v. Rotteck, Pölitz u. Becker] : Gross Britannien zur Uebersicht der Hauptbegebenheiten
von Julius Loewenberg Lithographie von B. Herder in Freiburg im Breisgau [Freiburg im Breisgau] : [Herder]
Charte von England
1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 47 x 53 cm Stieler im Verlage des geographischen Instituts
Hydrographical map, British Isles.
1 : 1600000 Stanford, Edward
Britische Inseln
Neuer Handatlas über alle Theile der Erde Kiepert, Heinrich Verlag von Dietrich Reimer
Die Britischen Inseln oder die Vereinigten Königreiche
1 : 1850000 Normanské ostrovy Kiepert, Heinrich Gräf, C. Geographisches Institut
United Kingdom.
1 : 4100000 Darton, William
A map of ye south part of Great Britain, called England and Wales, containing all ye cities, market towns, post towns, boroughs: and whatever places have ye election of members of Parliament &c. All the great or post-roads, and principal cross-roads &c. with ye computed miles from town to town
1 : 2200000 by Herman Moll [London], Herman Moll
Palaeontological map (British Islands).
1 : 1550000 Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
TABULA NOVISSIMA ACCURATISSIMA REGNORUM ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE HIBERNIAE
1 : 1900000 Anglie Seutter, Matthäus Mattheo Seutter
Tabula novissima accuratissima regnorum Angliae, Scotiae Hiberniae
1 : 1900000 Irsko Seutter, Matthäus M. Seutter
British Isles - railways & industrial.
1 : 2000000 John Bartholomew & Co.
British Isles - bathy-orographical.
1 : 2000000 John Bartholomew & Co.
