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Checklist of Hampshire Maps
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Seller 1694
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Map, Hant Shire, ie Hampshire, scale about 13 miles to 1 inch, by John
Seller, 1694; published 1694-1787.
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Published in 'Anglia Contracta. or A Description of the Kingdom of
England & Principality of Wales in Several new Mapps of all the Countyes therein
Contained By John Seller Hydrographer to The King.' 1694? |
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The atlas has an illustrated title page etc, seven general maps of the country,
and pages of text for the whole and for each county; the atlas size is 3 3/4 x 5
7/8 ins. |
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The map is said to be a crude reduction from Speed's map; plain on reverse, not
numbered. |
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The map is published unchanged in 1696, 1697, 1701, 1703. |
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Published in 'The History of England. ... With exact Maps of each
County, By John Seller, Hydrographer to His Majesty. London, Printed by Job and
John How, for John Gwillim, against Crossby-Square, in Bishopgate-street,
1696.' |
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Probably published in 'The History of England ... Together with a particular
Description of the Rarities In the several Counties of England and Wales. By
John Seller, Hydrographer to His Majesty. London, Printed by Job and John How,
and are Sold by H. Newman, at the Grasshopper in the Poultry, 1697.' |
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Published in 'Camden's Britannia Abridgd'd: with Improvements, and
Continuations, to this present Time ... The whole Carefully Perform'd, and
Illustrated with above Sixty Maps Exactly Engraven. London, Printed by J.B. for
Joseph Wild, at the Elephant at Charing Cross. 1701.' |
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The 1701 atlas size is 3 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. |
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Published in 'The History of England: ... With the Maps of all the
Counties and Islands belonging to England, being in all about Seventy Copper
Cutts; with a Table of Contents. By John Seller, Hydrographer to Her Majesty.
The Third Edition. London: Printed for J. Marshall, at the Bible in Grace-Church
street, 1703.' |
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The 1703 atlas size is 3 1/2 x 6 1/4 ins. |
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Published in another edition 'Camden's Britannia Abridgd'd ... London:
printed for Isaac Cleave next to Serjeants-Inn in Chancery-Lane. 1711.' |
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Published in 'Supplement To The Antiquities Of England And Wales. ...
By Francis Grose, Esqr., F.A.S. London, Printed for S. Hooper, No.212, facing
Bloomsbury-Square, High Holborn, 1787.' |
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The map in the 1787 reprint has a new title but is otherwise little changed;
Seller's name is gone; the atlas size is 9 x 12 3/4 ins; the map is printed at
the top of a page with text below and on the reverse. |
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The maps are sometimes found in the 4 main volumes rather than in the 2nd
supplement, they are peripheral to the work. |
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Published in further editions by S Hooper about 1788, 1789, 1792, and
Hooper and Wigstead about 1797. |
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Published in an edition by John Stockdale, 1809. |
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scale line:-
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example:-
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map -- HMCMS:FA1999.110.1
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & scroll cartouche & labelled borders
(North, East, South, West) & scale line & coast shaded & rivers
& relief & hillocks & county & settlements |
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inscription:- |
printed -- title cartouche
HANT / SHIRE
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 24.0 mm |
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Seller 1694
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dimension:- |
wxh, map = 146x120mm |
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wxh, plate = 156x124mm (approx) |
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wxh, sheet = 18x18.5cm |
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scale = 1 to 800000 ? (1 to 804672 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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scale = 1 to 830000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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map type tabulation
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reference:- |
Seller, John: 1694: Anglia Contracta & Description of the Kingdom of England and
Principality of Wales: (London) |
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Seller, John: 1696: History of England: Gwillim, John (London) |
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Seller, John: 1697: History of England: Newman, H (London) |
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Camden, William & Seller, John (ed): 1701: Camden's Britannia Abridgd'd: Wild,
Joseph (London) |
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Seller, John: 1703: History of England ...: Marshall, J (London) |
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Camden, William & Seller, John (ed): 1711: Camden's Britannia Abridgd'd: Cleave,
Isaac (London) |
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Grose, Francis: 1787 & 1788 (?) & 1789 (?): Supplement to the Antiquities of
England and Wales (2nd supplement) & Antiquities of England and Wales,
Supplement to: Hooper, S (London) |
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Grose, Francis: 1797 (?): Supplement to the Antiquities of England and Wales &
Antiquities of England and Wales, Supplement to: Hooper, Mary & Wigstead,
William (London) |
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Grose, Francis: 1809: Supplement to the Antiquities of England and Wales &
Antiquities of England and Wales, Supplement to: Stockdale, John (London) |
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map type Seller 1694 -- menu of resources
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maps:-
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HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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HMCMS:FA1990.20.2 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1997.65 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1997.66 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1997.68 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1999.110.1 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1999.110.2 -- descriptive text
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| MN: 18.6.2001 |