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Title: Brightstowe

Dates

• Coverage: 1581

Publishers

• [Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1581]

Summary

Bird's-eye view of Bristol, England. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive text in cartouche: Brightstowe, vulgo; quondam venta, flore[n]tissimum Angliae emporium. Includes index of churches. German text on verso with caption title: Bristowe; p. 2. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.

Subjects

• England
• Bristol (England)—Aerial views—Early works to 1800
• Bird's-eye views—England—Bristol—1581
• Maps—England—Bristol—1581
• Other

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-2.62728, -2.581092, 51.451772, 51.440191)
• Geometry: BBOX (-2.62728, -2.581092, 51.451772, 51.440191)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622. Brightstowe. [Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1581]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-pr76f589k

Languages

• lat