Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211202
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C262.1
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Image Title:
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Lancashire
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Parent Work Title:
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Lancastrie. Comitatus palatin vera et absoluta descriptio. Anno Dni 1577
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Creator:
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Saxton, Christopher, b. 1542?
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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1932
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Description:
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Map: Lancashire. Monochrome map created in 1577 and reprinted in 1932. Very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and mountains are illustrated as are the oceans with ships and sea creatures. The title is presented in Latin, top right in a large decorative cartouche with a table listing the Hundreds underneath. Bottom left is a scale decorated with a pair of dividers and marked: 'Scala Miliarium'. Above this is a largecoat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Beneath the map is printed: 'english country Maps Sheet 6 R. geog Soc. London 1932'.
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Language Code:
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lat
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Language Name:
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Latin
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language Name:
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English
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Category of Material:
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English
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Lancashire
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Item Height:
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475 mm
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Item Width:
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640 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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