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Checklist of Hampshire Maps
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Ptolemy 1578
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Map, British Isles from Ptolemy's data, by Gerhard Mercator, 1578.
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The geographical data, a world gazetteer 'Geographia', was compiled by Claudius
Ptolemy and later used by various cartographers to draw maps, often referred to
as Ptolemy maps. Gerhard Mercator, much of whose life was concerned with
revising Ptolemy's data, produced this map in 1578. |
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Published in further editions 1584, 1605, 1618-19; the plate was
altered and published in a 2nd state 1695 to 1704; and in a 3rd state
1730. |
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Hampshire places, roughly, seem to be:- Magnus portus; Venta. |
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example:-
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map -- private collection (17)
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map feature:-
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strapwork cartouche (not title) & up is N & lat and long scales &
index grid & sea pecked & sea monsters & coast shaded & rivers
& tribal areas & settlements |
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inscription:- |
printed -- top
EUROPAE .I. TAB:
-- 'Europe Map 1' |
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inscription:- |
printed -- cartouche
Medius meridianus / 20, reliqui ad eum incli: / nantur ratione 54 & / 60
parallelorum
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Ptolemy 1578
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dimension:- |
wxh, map = 408x336mm |
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map type tabulation
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reference:- |
Mercator, Gerhard: 1578: Tabulae Geographicae Cl. Ptolemaei ad mentem autoris
restitutae et emendatae Per Gerardum Mercatorem: (Cologne, Germany) |
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map type Ptolemy 1578 -- menu of resources
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maps:-
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HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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private collection (17) -- map
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| MN: 7.11.2002 |