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Title: Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula; Amstelodami Ex Officina et sumptibus Henrici Hondij. Ao. Domini 1631.

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1631
  • Coverage: 1631 to 1631

Summary

Relief shown pictorially. Inset map of Orcades Insulae (the Orkneys). A cherub sits on either side of the inset, each holding a cornucopia. Title cartouche has cherubim, vines, suits of armor, and a coat of arms at the top flanked by a unicorn and a lion wearing a crown. Vignette at right shows three mermaids, each bearing a flag with a coat of arms on it, and the leftmost one also holds a spiky conch shell. On the left side of the map, one ship fires its cannon at another. Date on the map reads 1631 but this map was included in a composite atlas published at a later date. This state was published in 1631 by Henricus Hondius. From the Appendix Atlas of the British Isles and Northern Europe, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map: 37 x 51 cm.

Subjects

  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • United Kingdom--British Isles
  • United Kingdom
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-11,5.17,58.72,49.93)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651, Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651. Appendix Atlas of the British Isles and Northern Europe, Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. Appendix Atlas of the British Isles and Northern Europe, Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922, former owner. Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula; Amstelodami Ex Officina et sumptibus Henrici Hondij. Ao. Domini 1631.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-010348172/39015091191885_01

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng