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Checklist of Hampshire Maps
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Blome 1673
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Mapp of Hantshire, ie Hampshire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Richard
Blome, probably engraved by Richard Palmer, published, London, 1673; published
1673-77.
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Published in 'Britannia: or, A Geographical Description of the Kingdoms
of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories thereto
belonging. And for The better perfecting the said Work, there is added an
Alphabetical Table of the Names, Titles, and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry
that each County of England and Wales is, or lately was, enobled with.
Illustrated with a Map of each County of England, besides several General ones.
The like never before Published. London, Printed by Tho. Roycroft for the
Undertaker, Richard Blome. MDCLXXIII.' ie 1673. |
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The atlas size is 5 1/2 x 10 3/4 ins; the maps are poorly drawn and are
etchings? rather than engravings; the map of Hampshire carries the coat of arms
of Charles Lord St John. |
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Blome was 'a published and compiler of some celebrity, who, by the aid of
subscriptions adroitly levied, issued many splendid works' but he was not
regarded highly by his contemporaries. He 'scribbled and transcribed from
Camden's Britannia and Speed's Maps ... gets a livelihood by bold practices ...
progging tricks in employing necessitous persons to write ...'. Bishop William
Nicolson, 1696, described Blome's Britannia as a 'most entire piece of theft out
of Camden and Speed.' Richard Gough said it was a 'most notorious piece of
plagiarism.' |
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Published in 'Britannia: or, A Geographical Description of the Kingdoms
of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories thereunto
belonging. ... London, Printed for John Wright at the Crown on Ludgate-Hill.
MDCLXXVII.' ie 1677. |
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The 1677 edition is perhaps made up of remainder sheets acquired from Blome,
with a title page by Wright; the Hampshire map is unchanged. |
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scale line:-
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example:-
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map -- HMCMS:FA1991.9
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map feature:-
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dedication & table of hundreds & county & hundreds & scale line
& compass rose & title cartouche & hand coloured &
settlements |
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 65.1 mm |
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inscription:- |
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A MAPP OF HANTSEERE
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inscription:- |
-- bottom right
To the Rt. Honl. Charles / Ld. St. Ion, Son & Heire / To the Rt. Honl. Iohn
Ld. / Marquis of Winchester. / Ld. Lieutenant of / the County of Hanshire / This
Mapp is humbly / Dedicated by Ric: Blome.
-- cartouche, with crest above |
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Blome 1673
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dimension:- |
wxh = 28x34.5cm |
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scale = 1 to 250000 ? (1 to 247211 from scale line assuming statute mile) |
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map type tabulation
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reference:- |
Blome, Richard: 1673: Britannia & Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of
England, Scotland, and Ireland ...: (London) |
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Blome, Richard: 1677: Britannia & Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of
England, Scotland, and Ireland ...: Wright, John (London) |
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Taylor, E G R: 1937: Robert Hooke and the Cartographical Projects of the Late
Seventeenth Century, 1666-1696: Geographical Journal: 90: pp.529-40 |
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Kennedy, C: 1958: Gentleman's Recreation, by Richard Blome: (London) |
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map type Blome 1673 -- menu of resources
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maps:-
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HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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HMCMS:FA1991.9 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1999.93 -- map
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HMCMS:FA2001.10 -- map
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HMCMS:FA2001.11 -- descriptive text
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HMCMS:FA2002.7 -- descriptive text
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HMCMS:KD1996.15 -- map
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| MN: 20.8.2001 |