Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula / Amstelodami Ex Officina et sumptibus Henrici Hondij. Ao. Domini 1631.

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Title: Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula / Amstelodami Ex Officina et sumptibus Henrici Hondij. Ao. Domini 1631.
Item Description: Front
Main Entry - Personal Name: Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82143592 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n82143592
Added Entry - Personal Name: 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. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89603539 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n89603539
Published: Amsterdam : [s.n.] 1631.
Description: 1 map : 37 x 51 cm.
Note: 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.
Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name: British Isles Maps Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003202
Map Data: Scale [ca. 1:3,200,000] (W 11°00'00"-- E 5°10'00"/N 58°43'00"-- N 49°56'00").
Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data: a 3200000 W0110000 E0051000 N0584300 N0495600
Local note: Accession no. 43323.; Manuscript no. 21 of 23 sheets numbered to "49."; From the "Manuscript Style 3 (Ms3)" set of the Vignaud map collection.; Includes manuscript "La grande Bretagne et l'Isrlande"in top right corner of the verso.
Scan Date: 2012-10-02
Record No.: 010348172

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Record: 010348172
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