Maps of Gwynedd

Maps of Gwynedd

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North Wales, Sheet 11 - 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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MONE INSULAE modo Anglesey et Caernaruan

This is a map of Anglesey and Caernarvon by Christopher Saxton dating from 1578. It forms part of an atlas that belonged to William Cecil Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State. Burghley used this atlas to illustrate domestic matters. This map is actually a proof copy of one which forms part of Christopher Saxton’s 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 use of maps in government matters, Lord Burghley, 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. Burghley has annotated this map, adding place names to the map and notes about the shire towns of Denbigh in the margins. At this time England was under threat of invasion from Catholic Spain, a threat which culminated in the events of the Spanish Armada. Defence of the realm depended on a good geographic and topographic knowledge, explaining Burghley's use of maps and his annotation of them, particularly at locations along the coast. The map was engraved by one of a team of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produce the copper plates for the atlas, although the individual name is not recorded. Saxton, Christopher Hogenbergius, Remigius
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MONE INSULAE

This map of the isle of Man 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. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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COMITATVS | CAERNARVO- | NIENSIS; | Vernacule | CARNARVON-SHIRE. | ET | MONA INSVLA | Vulgo | ANGLESEY.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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Comitatus Caernarvoniensis; Vernacule Carnarvon-Shire. et Mona Insula Vulgo Anglesey. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 429.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Comitatus Caernarvoniensis; Vernacule Carnarvon-Shire. et Mona Insula Vulgo Anglesey. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 429.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Comitatus Caernarvoniensis; Vernacule Carnarvon-Shire, et Mona Insula Vulgo Anglesey. [Karte], in: Le théâtre du monde, ou, Nouvel atlas contenant les chartes et descriptions de tous les païs de la terre, Bd. 4, S. 369.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Comitatvs Caernarvoniensis; vernacule Carnarvon-Shire. et Mona insvla vulgo Anglesey

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 36 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Sheets 38-39. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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Snowdon - OS One-Inch Map

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

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Anglesey. [Karte], in: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura, S. 130.

1 Karte aus Atlas Mercator, Gerhard Montanus, Petrus
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Anglesey. [Karte], in: Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura, S. 125.

1 Karte aus Atlas Mercator, Gerhard
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Pwllheli - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Mona insula vulgo Anglesey ; Mona insula vulgo the Isle of Man ; Vectis insula anglice the Isle of Wight

Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium
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Anglesey

4 Karten auf einem Blatt : Kupferdruck ; je 15 x 21 cm, Bildgrösse 31 x 42 cm Mercator; Hondius Henricus Hondius
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Anglesey

4 Karten auf 1 Blatt : Kupferdruck ; je 9 x 13 cm, Bildgrösse 18 x 25 cm Mercator Cloppenburgh
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Anglesey

4 Karten auf einem Blatt : Kupferdruck ; je 15 x 20 cm, Bildgrösse 31 x 42 cm Mercator; Hondius Jodocus Hondius
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Mona Insula Vulgo Anglesey. [Karte], in: Novus atlas absolutissimus, Bd. 8, S. 104.

1 Karte aus Atlas Janssonius Offizin
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Caernarvon

1 : 31680 This drawing of Caernarfon Bay is formally titled in the top left margin. An area calculation table survives in black ink with the area surveyed totalling 160;184.1761 square miles. Archaeological sites are named in gothic script. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations ('spot heights') in red ink, indicating the heights of hills. Pencil rays radiate from trigonometrical stations across the map. These were used for measuring and plotting topographical features. Dawson, Robert
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St. Asaph

1 : 31680 This plan of a section of the Vale of Clwyd is formally titled with the scale of the drawing noted and the area of the land recorded as 188.84 square miles. Archaeological sites are named in gothic script. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations ('spot heights') in red and black ink, indicating the height of the hills. The altitudes shown in red ink have been trigonometrically ascertained; those in black are estimated. Dawson, Robert
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Cernioge Inn

1 : 31680 This plan of the southern fringes of Snowdonia includes the Manod and Moelwyn mountains. The drawing is formally titled, with the scale of the drawing noted and the area of the land recorded as 188.84 square miles. Archaeological sites are named in gothic script. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations ('spot heights') in red and black ink, indicating the heights of hills. Altitudes shown in red have been trigonometrically ascertained; those in black are estimated. Dawson, Robert
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Dolgelley - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Holyhead

1 : 31680 .This plan of north Angelsey runs from Holyhead Bay,on the left, to Red Wharf Bay,on the right., Black-ink numbers,are visible on high spots, indicating the,heights of hills., Archaeological details are noted in black gothic lettering. An area calculation table survives in black ink,in the top left margin. Dawson, Robert
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Pwllheli

1 : 31680 This is a plan,of a coastal section of the Lleyn Peninsula in,Wales., The numerical annotations, or spot heights, shown in red ink at the top of hills and eminences,are trigonometrically tested altitudes. This drawing is formally titled and the area of the land recorded,as 100.8 square miles. The manuscript paper carries a watermark from the James Whatman Turkey Mill, Kent, dated 1814. Dawson, Robert
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Conway

1 : 31680 This plan of the Menai Strait extends along the coastline of Conway Bay from Penmaenmawr to Conway. Triangles are ruled in ink and pencil across the map, allowing the location of individual topographical features to be plotted. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations ('spot heights') indicating the heights of the hills. The brown ink used for place names and heights has smudged, making legibility poor overall. An area calculation table survives in black ink in the top left margin, below the formal title. Dawson, Robert
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Llangefni

1 : 31680 .This plan of south Anglesey,extends from,Cymran Bay to the Menai Strait on the left of the map, and inland to Llangefni,on the right. ,Black-ink numbers, visible on high spots, indicate the,height of hills., Archaeological details are recorded in black gothic lettering., An area calculation table survives in black ink,in the top left margin. The circular hole in the top right-hand corner,shows an,'Ordnance Office Copy' blind stamp has been removed from the manuscript. Dawson, Robert
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Bala

1 : 31680 This drawing shows part of the Cambrian Mountains in north west Wales. An area calculation table survives in black ink in the bottom right margin beneath the formal title. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations of the heights of the hills. The author of the drawing, Robert Dawson, explains that these altitudes were trigonometrically ascertained, "except those distinguished by a note of interrogation, which are only a judgement." One of the best surveyors and draughtsmen, Dawson was employed on the Ordnance Survey for over forty years, also working as an instructor. Dawson, Robert
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