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Title: Comitatus Lancastrensis: The countie palatine of Lancaster; Amstelodami, apud Ioan. Ianssonium.; Comitatvs Lancastrensis: The covntie palatine of Lancaster;County of Lancaster;Lancashire

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1636
  • Coverage: 1636 to 1636

Summary

Relief shown pictorially. Decorative title cartouche with fruits in upper right corner. In lower right corner, a blank cartouche. Includes illustrations of a ship and sea monster in the ocean. Also includes extensive printing flourishes. Vignette in lower left shows Posiedon bearing a trident and standing in a shell-carriage drawn by two hippocamps. This state was published in atlases by Jan Jansson, in 1636 and 1637. From the Jansson Appendix Atlas 1636-1680, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map; 37 x 49 cm.

Subjects

  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • England-- United Kingdom--Lancashire
  • United Kingdom
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-3.53,-2.08,54.35,53.32)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

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

Citation

Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664, Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. Appendix Atlas, Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922, former owner. Comitatus Lancastrensis: The countie palatine of Lancaster; Amstelodami, apud Ioan. Ianssonium.; Comitatvs Lancastrensis: The covntie palatine of Lancaster;County of Lancaster;Lancashire. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-010349265/39015091191745_01

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng