Maps of Somerset

Maps of Somerset

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Somerset XLV.11 (includes: Exford; Withypool) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset XLV.11 (includes: Exford; Withypool) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset XLV.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset XLV.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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SS83 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

1 : 25000 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Dulverton (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Dulverton (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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North Molton, Devon

Much of this drawing,is dominated by,the open land of the downs.,Relief is indicated by shading and brushwork interlining ('hachures') but there is no numerical,record of trigonometrical altitudes. Paths on the moor are distinguished from roads by their pecked lines; roads,through villages are indicated by parallel lines. Hewitt, John
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South Molton, Devon

This relief on this drawing,is indicated by dense interlining ('hachures'), with,the summits of hills left blank. The drawing has been made on three pieces of paper mounted as one sheet., Dirty, worn and creased, the manuscript is difficult to decipher. ,A pencil note at the base of the drawing reads "To survey from * to * as ...by...the Farms as named."
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Minehead - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Barnstaple - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Cary's Improved Map of England and Wales

Cary, George, & Cary, John London : G. & J. Cary
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North Devon, Sheet 35 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

1 : 126720 Topographic maps Bartholomew, John George John Bartholomew & Co
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A coloured chart of "The coste of England uppon Severne," being the whole north coast of Somersetshire; with the forts erected thereon; temp. Henry VIII ca. 1540

This is a pictorial representation of the north coast of Somerset. It shows the coast from the mouth of the River Avon near East Bristol to west Porlock and can be dated to 1539. At the top of the drawing round towers represent proposed blockhouses in the neighbourhoods of Porlock and Western-super-Mare on the north coast of Somerset. The intention to mount guns on platforms at Minehead and to the north of the Parrat is also represented in this drawing. Inlets are indicated and towns are shown schematically, an emphasis on the nature of the coast is evident as the draughtsman has recorded outcrops of rocks. The existence of this drawing and the proposals it contains can be imputed the threat of invasion which became probable in 1538 after a peace treaty was signed by Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor King of Spain. England and France were ancient enemy’s and the Catholic Charles V, nephew of Catherine of Aragon, was angered by Henry VII’s decision to divorce her. In the event, the works proposed here were not carried out. The paper upon which this map is drawn bears a watermark of a double headed eagle bearing a shield.
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SOMERSET- | TENSIS | COMITATVS. | Somerset shire.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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Somersettensis Comitatus = Somerset Shire

1 : 240000 Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium
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SOMERSETENSEM Comitat.

This map of Somerset is from the 1583 edition of the Saxton atlas of England and Wales. This atlas was first published as a whole in 1579. It consists of 35 coloured maps depicting the counties of England and Wales. The atlas is of great significance to British cartography as it set a standard of cartographic representation in Britain and the maps remained the basis for English county mapping, with few exceptions, until after 1750. During the reign of Elizabeth I map use became more common, with many government matters referring to increasingly accurate maps with consistent scales and symbols, made possible by advances in surveying techniques. Illustrating the increasing used of maps in government matters, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State, who had been determined to have England and Wales mapped in detail from the 1550s, selected the cartographer Christopher Saxton to produce a detailed and consistent survey of the country. The financier of the project was Thomas Seckford Master of Requests at the Court of Elizabeth I, whose arms appear, along with the royal crest, on each map. The decorative scale bar houses Saxton’s name and the name of the engraver Leonardus Terwoort, one of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produced the copper plates for the atlas. Relief, in the form of uniform rounded representations of hills, is the main topographical feature presented in the maps. Rather than provide a scientific representation of relative relief these give a general impression of the lie of the land. Settlements and notable buildings are also recorded pictorially; a small building with a spire represents a village, while more important towns are indicated by groups of building. The county border are differentiated by different coloured shading. In neighbouring Wiltshire Longleat estate is marked. At the time this map was first engraved Longleat was still being built by Sir John Thynn and was not finished until 1580, the year after the maps publication. This perhaps is reflected in the somewhat modest appearance of the house and gardens? Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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Somersettensis Comitatus. Somerset shire. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 150.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Somersettensis Comitatus. Somerset shire. [Karte], in: Le théâtre du monde, ou, Nouvel atlas contenant les chartes et descriptions de tous les païs de la terre, Bd. 4, S. 134.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Somersettensis Comitatus. Somerset shire. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 150.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Cary's Traveller's Companion, or, a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales

London : G. & J. Cary
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Somersettensis Comitatus: Somerset Shire [Karte], in: Novus atlas absolutissimus, Bd. 7, S. 179.

1 Karte aus Atlas Janssonius Offizin
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Sheets 11-12. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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Comitatus Somersettensis Somerest-Shire. [Karte], in: Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Newer Atlas, oder, Grosses Weltbuch, Bd. 1, S. 84.

1 Karte aus Atlas Mercator, Gerhard und Hondius, Jodocus Jansson, Jan
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Carte Particulière D'Une Partie D'Angleterre. Sur la Copie de Bruxelles Chez Eugène Henry Friex

1 : 116600 Mollova mapová sbírka Fricx, Eugène Henry Deur, Abraham Janszoon Covens, Johannes I
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Partie de l'Angleterre

1 : 116600 Mollova mapová sbírka Fricx, Eugène Henry Harrewyn, Jacques Fricx, Eugené Henry
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Devonshire

1 : 640000 Devon (Anglie) Hall, Sid. by Chapman & Hall
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Devoniae descriptio = The description of Devon-Shire

1 : 180000 Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium
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DEVONIAE COMITAT

This map of Devon is from the 1583 edition of the Saxton atlas of England and Wales. This atlas was first published as a whole in 1579. It consists of 35 coloured maps depicting the counties of England and Wales. The atlas is of great significance to British cartography as it set a standard of cartographic representation in Britain and the maps remained the basis for English county mapping, with few exceptions, until after 1750. During the reign of Elizabeth I map use became more common, with many government matters referring to increasingly accurate maps with consistent scales and symbols, made possible by advances in surveying techniques. Illustrating the increasing used of maps in government matters, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State, who had been determined to have England and Wales mapped in detail from the 1550s, selected the cartographer Christopher Saxton to produce a detailed and consistent survey of the country. The financier of the project was Thomas Seckford Master of Requests at the Court of Elizabeth I, whose arms appear, along with the royal crest, on each map. The decorative scale bar houses the name of Saxton and of the Flemish engraver Remigius Hogenberg who prepared the copper plate for this map. This is the only map in the atlas that features a compass rose as well as the cardinal points in the borders, seeming to indicate the Devon has been turned slightly clockwise to fit the plate. Two ships engaging in battle are depicted off the coast of Plymouth, perhaps making reference to the vulnerability of this section of south coast and the location of naval bases. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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