Comitatvs Northvmbria; vernacula Northvmberland

Comitatvs Northvmbria; vernacula Northvmberland

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 39 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu

A new improved map of Northumberland

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 67 x 50 cm Kitchin; Hinton sold by J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard

NORTHIMBRIAE COMITATUS

This map of Northumbria 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

NORTHUMBRIAE COMITATUS

This is a map of Northumberland by Christopher Saxton dating from the 1570's. 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 several place names along the Anglo-Scottish border. On three margins of the map, Burghley has annotated the Names of ye principall lorsh[ips] in ye Middle march [&c.] and the Lordes names. The map was engraved one of a team of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produce the copper plates for the atlas, but the individuals name is not included. Saxton, Christopher William Cecil, Lord Burghley

England and Wales 1:253,440

Ordnance Survey

Northumberland, South, Sheet 2 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

1 : 126720 Topographic maps Bartholomew, John George John Bartholomew & Co

Northumberland, North, Sheet 1 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

1 : 126720 Topographic maps Bartholomew, John George John Bartholomew & Co

Sheets 68-69. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835

Cheviots - Bartholomew's 'Survey Atlas of Scotland'

1 : 126720 Topographic maps John Bartholomew & Son, Ltd John Bartholomew & Son, Ltd

Roxburghshire.

Thomson, John, 1777- ca. 1840 Crawford, William & Son

Roxburghshire.

Thomson, John, 1777- ca. 1840 Crawford, William & Son

A map of Roxburghshire or Tiviotdale.

Stobie, Matthew, fl. 1758-1807

A map of Roxburghshire or Tiviotdale.

Stobie, Matthew, fl. 1758-1807

Map of the County of Roxburgh.

Tennant, N., fl. 1835-1850

A map of Roxburghshire or Tiviotdale.

Stobie, Matthew, fl. 1758-1807

A map of Roxburghshire or Tiviotdale.

Stobie, Matthew, fl. 1758-1807

Border Country, Sheet 5 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of Scotland

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