Britain : or a chrorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the ilands adioyning, out of the depth of antiquitie: beautified with mappes of the severall shires of England
Abstract/Contents
- Table of contents
- Map 1. Britannia / Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 2. Englalond Anglia Anglosaxonum Heptarchia: Terra Armis Animisque Potens / Guliel. Hole sculp. -- Map 3. Cornwall: olim. pars Danmoniorum / William Kip sculp. (inset map: Launceston olim Dunheuet) -- Map 4. Devoniæ Comitatus vulgo Denshyre quam olim Danmonii populi incolverunt / William Kip sculp. -- Map 5. Dorcestriæ Comitatus vulgo Dorsett ubi olim Durotriges insederunt / William Kip sculp. -- Map 6. Somersettensis Comitatus vulgo Somersettshyre qui olim pars fuit. Belgarum / Christophorus Saxton descripsitt ; William Kip sculp. -- Map 7. Wiltoniæ Comitatus herbida Planicic nobilis vulgo Willshire pars. olim Belgarum / Guiliam Kip sculp. -- Map 8. Hamshire: olim pars Belgarum / So. Norden descripsit ; W. Hole sculp. -- Map 9. Comitatus Bercheriæ vulgo Barkshyre qui olim sedes Atrebatum / Christophorus Saxton descript ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 10. Surrey: olim sedes Regnorum / Iohanes Norden deliniauit ; W. Kip sculpsit -- Map 11. Sussexia: sive Southsex, olim pars Regnorum / Iohānes Norden deliniauit ; Wilhel. Kip sculpsitt -- Map 12. Cantium: quod nunc Kent / Iohannes Norden deliniauit ; William Kip sculpsit -- Map 13. Glocestriæ: Comitatus olim sedes Dobunorum / Christophorus Saxtõ descrip. ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 14. Oxoniensis: Comitatus vulgo Oxfordshyre qui pars olim Dobunorum / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Gulielmus Hole Sculp. -- Map 15. Buckinghā: Comitatus in quo olim insederunt Cattieuchlani / Christophorus Saxton descrip. / Gulielmus Hole sculp. -- Map 16. Bedford: Comitatus olim pars Cathifuclanorum / Christophorus Saxton descrip. / Wilhelmus Kip sculpsitt -- Map 17. Hertfordiæ Comitatus A. Cattifuclanis olim inhabitatus / Iohannes Norden perambulauit et descripsit ; Wilhelmi Kip sculpsit -- Map 18. Middlesex: olima Trinobantibus habitata / Johannes Norden descripsit -- Map 19. Essexia: Comitatus quem olim Trinobantes tenuerunt continens in se opida marcatoria XX pagos et villas CCCCXIIII una cum singulis hundredis et fluminibus in codem / William Kip sculpsit -- Map 20. Suffolciæ: Comitatus cuius populi olim Iceni dicti continens in se oppida mercatoria XXV pagos et villas CCCCLXIIII sua cum singulis hundredis et fluminbus in codem / auctore Christophoro Saxton -- Map 21. Norfolciæ: Comitatus quem olī Iceni insederunt continens in se opida Mercatoria XXVI pagos et villas DCXXXV una cum singulis hundredis et fluminibus in codem / auctore Christophore Saxton -- Map 22. Cambridge: Comitatus quem olim Iceni insederunt / Christophorus Saxton descrip. ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 23. Huntingdon: Comitatus qui pars fuir Icenorum / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsitt -- Map 24. Northamptoniæ: Comitatus descriptio in quo Coritani olim insederunt / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; William Kip sculpsit -- Map 25. Lecestriæ: Comitatus sive Leicestershyre pars olim Coritanorum / Christophorum Saxton descrip. ; William Kip sculp. -- Map 26. Rutlandiæ: Omnium in Anglia Comitatuum minimus pars olim Coritanorum / W. Kip sculpsit -- Map 27. Lincolniæ: Comitatus ubi olim insederunt Coritani / Christophorus Saxton descrip. ; William Kip sculp. -- Map 28. Notingamiæ: Comitatus olim pars Coritanorum / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 29. Vniversi: Derbiensis Comitatus qui olim Coritanorum fuit descriptio / Christo. Saxton descrip. ; Guliel. Hole sculpsit -- Map 30. Warwici: Comitatus a cornauiis olim inhabitatus / Christophorus Saxton descripsitt ; William Kip sculpsitt -- Map 31. Wigorniensis: Comitatus Sabrinæ fluminis amænitate insignis qui olim ad Cornauios spectauit, descriptio / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Will. Hole sculp -- Map 32. Salopiæ: Comitatus quem Cornauii olim incoluerunt descriptio / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 33. Staffordiæ: Comitatus pars olim Cornauiorum / William Kip sculpsitt -- Map 34. Cestriæ: Comitatus Romanis
- Legionibus et Coloniis olim insignis vera et absoluta descriptio / Christ. Saxton descrip. ; Guliel. Hole scupsit -- Map 35. Frugiferi ac Amæni Herefordiæ: Comitatus qui olim pars fuit Silurum, delineatio / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; W. Hole sculp -- Map 36. Radnor: Comitatus quem Silvres olim incoluerunt / Christophorus Saxton descrip. ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 37. Brecknoc: Comitatus pars olim Silvrum / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 38. Monumethensis: Comitatus, quem olim Incoluerunt Silures / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 39. Glamorgan: Comitatus, qui olim pars Silurum / Christophorus Saxton ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 40. Caermardī: Comitatus in quo Dimetæ olim habitarunt / Christophorus Saxton descripsit / Wilhelmus kip sculpsit -- Map 41. Penbrok: Comitatus olim pars Demetarum / Georgius Owen D. Kemcis descripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 42. Cardigan: Comitatus pars olim Dimetarum / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 43. Merionith: Comitatus olim pars Ordovicum / W. Kip sculp. -- Map 44. Caernarvō: Comitatus pars olim Ordovicum / Chrsitophorus Saxton descripsit ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 45. Anglesey: Comitatus, olim Mona Insula Druidum sedes, Britannice Tir Mon / Christophorus Saxton descripsit -- Map 46. Denbigh: Comitatus pars olim Ordovicum / Chrstiphorus Saxtō descripsit / Wihelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 47. Flint: Comitatus quem Ordovices olim incoluerunt / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 48. Eboracensis: Comitatus pars Occidentalis vulgo West Riding / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 49. Eboracensis: Comitatus (cuius incolæ olim Brigantes appellabantur) pars Orientalis, vulgo East Riding / Christophorus Saxtō descrip. ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 50. Eboracensis: Comitatus pars Septentrionalis vulgo North Riding / Christophorus Saxton descrip. / Gulielmus Hole sculpsit
- Map 51. Dunelmensis: Episcopatus (qui comitatus est palatinus) et olim pars Brigantum / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 52. Lancastriæ: Comitatus palatinus olim pars Brigantum / Chris. Saxton descrip. ; Guliel. Hole sculpsit -- Map 53. Westmorlandiæ: Comitatus qui olim spectauit ad Brigantas / Christophorus Saxton scripsit ; William Kip sculpsit -- Map 54. Cumbria: Sive Cumberlandia quæ olim pars Brigantum / Christophorus Saxton dsecripsit ; Wilhelmus Kip sculpsit -- Map 55. Northumbriæ: Comitatus olim sedes Otadinorum / Christophorus Saxton descrip. ; Gulielmus Hole sculpsit -- Map 56. Scotia Regnum / Gule Hole scup -- Map 57. Hiberniæ Ireland Anglis. Yuerdon Britannis Erin incolis. Ierna Orpheo & Arist. Iris Diodoro Siculo Iuverna Iuvenali Ioyernia Ptol. / Gul Hole scup
Description
Alternative title | Camden's Britannia |
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Uniform title | Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia |
Type of resource | cartographic |
Form | electronic; computer; online resource |
Extent | 1 atlas ([2] pages, [7] leaves, 822, [2], 233 [57] pages, [3] leaves of plates, [54] double leaves of plates) : illustrations (woodcuts), 57 maps, including 54 double (engravings) ; 34 cm |
Place | England |
Place | Londini [London] |
Publisher | Impensis Georgii Bishop et Ioannis Norton |
Publication date | 1610; MDCX [1610] |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | English |
Map data | Scales differ ; W 10°43'00"--E 2°05'00"/N 59°24'00"--N 49°40'00"). |
Creators/Contributors
Author | Camden, William, 1551-1623 | |
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Translator | Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637 | |
Cartographer | Saxton, Christopher, 1542?- | |
Engraver | Kip, William | |
Engraver | Hole, William, -1624 | |
Printer | Bishop, George, -1611 | |
Printer | Norton, John, -1612 |
Subjects
Subject | Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
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Subject | England > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
Subject | Scotland > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
Subject | Ireland > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
Genre | Atlas |
Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | written first in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. ; translated newly into English by Philémon Holland doctour in physick: finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author. |
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Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
Note | Indexes: The table of England; Names of antiquitie; The table of Scotland; The table of Ireland, and the lesser isles. |
Note | English translation of Britannia. |
Note | Leather binding. |
Note | Fore-edges red. |
Note | First 2 last 3 pages blank (included in page description). |
Note | Engraved frontispiece, title page, and head and tail-pieces throughout; woodcut illustrations throughout. |
Note | Divided into 3 parts: Britaine -- Scotland -- Ireland; and the smaller lands in the British Ocean. |
Note | Introductory text. |
Note | Extensive Descriptive text accompanies each map. |
Note | Decorative cartouches, compass roses, bar scales, royal coat of arms; some have keys and indexes (e.g. Maps 8, 10, 11). |
Note | Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports. |
Note | Illustrations of ships, sea monsters. |
Note | Illustration of "Coines of the Britans" on pages 89-96. |
Note | Map 1 on frontispiece. |
Note | Map 3 has inset map with a bird's eye view. |
Note | Map 18 has pictorial representation of London. |
Note | Map 44 has Poseidon figure kissing woman in sea. |
Note | Scotland section contains Maps 56; Ireland section contains Map 57. |
Language | Latin titles on maps; original Latin text in some areas, e.g. Ad lectorem. |
Local note | This copy has pencil inscription inside front cover: 32; ink inscription on first illustrated leaf, above plate; and ink inscription on title page: Ann Leighton. |
Local note | 2 book plates inside front cover: Case 5. N. 1. Hooton Library; Thomas Stanley Malsey. Puddington. |
Local note | Numerous pages misprinted (e.g. page 210 misprinted as 208; 211 as 209; 212 as 210); some misprints corrected in handwritten note above number. |
Local note | Map 26 appears to be missing right side of sheet (torn away); Map 45 appears to be missing left side of sheet (torn away). |
Local note | Handwritten note attached to page 7, entitled: Cornage. |
Local note | Marginalia on pages 608, 768, 167, 179, 182, 224. 232. |
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Location | electronic resource |
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