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Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 author Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 Author false
Date:
1675 date 1675 Date false
Short Title:
Frontispiece: Britannia Vol 1. short_title Frontispiece: Britannia Vol 1. Short Title false
Publisher:
John Ogilby publisher John Ogilby Publisher false
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London publisher_location London Publisher Location false
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Note:
First edition, large paper copy. Chubb: "This is the first survey of the roads of England and Wales. It is composed of 102 copper plates and 200 pages of text. The maps are engraved on strips representing bands of ribbon of about 2 1/2 inches in width. On most plates six strip maps are given; but in some cases there are seven. They show the main roads only with the side roads indicated. The distances are shown in miles along the roads, and the villages and mansions named, and in some cases the names of residents are given." Ogilby was one of the finest mapmakers of his day in England and he intended to publish two additional volumes in this series: a volume of city views and a volume of topographical descriptions of all of England and Wales. Ogilby's method of strip maps to show roads was copied well into the twentieth century. While it is familiar to us today, in 1675 it was a radical departure from conventional cartographic methods. note First edition, large paper copy. Chubb: "This is the first survey of the roads of England and Wales. It is composed of 102 copper plates and 200 pages of text. The maps are engraved on strips representing bands of ribbon of about 2 1/2 inches in width. On most plates six strip maps are given; but in some cases there are seven. They show the main roads only with the side roads indicated. The distances are shown in miles along the roads, and the villages and mansions named, and in some cases the names of residents are given." Ogilby was one of the finest mapmakers of his day in England and he intended to publish two additional volumes in this series: a volume of city views and a volume of topographical descriptions of all of England and Wales. Ogilby's method of strip maps to show roads was copied well into the twentieth century. While it is familiar to us today, in 1675 it was a radical departure from conventional cartographic methods. Note false
Reference:
Chubb, Ogilby 1675 C I; Wing, O168. reference Chubb, Ogilby 1675 C I; Wing, O168. Reference false
Full Title:
(Frontispiece) Britannia Vol 1. full_title (Frontispiece) Britannia Vol 1. Full Title false
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9735.002 list_no 9735.002 List No false
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Publication Author:
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 publication_author Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 Publication Author false
Pub Date:
1675 pub_date 1675 Pub Date false
Pub Title:
Britannia, Volume the First. Or an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales: By a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads thereof. Actually Admeasured and Delineated in a Century of Whole-Sheet Copper-Sculps. Accomodated With the Ichnography of the several Cities and Capital Towns; and Compleated By an Accurate Account of the more Remarkable Passages of Antiquity, Together with a Novel Discourse of the Present State. By John Ogilby Esq.; His Majesty's Cosmographer, and Master of His Majesty's Revels in the Kingdom of Ireland. London, Printed by the Author at his House in White-Fryers. M.DC.LXXV (1675). pub_title Britannia, Volume the First. Or an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales: By a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads thereof. Actually Admeasured and Delineated in a Century of Whole-Sheet Copper-Sculps. Accomodated With the Ichnography of the several Cities and Capital Towns; and Compleated By an Accurate Account of the more Remarkable Passages of Antiquity, Together with a Novel Discourse of the Present State. By John Ogilby Esq.; His Majesty's Cosmographer, and Master of His Majesty's Revels in the Kingdom of Ireland. London, Printed by the Author at his House in White-Fryers. M.DC.LXXV (1675). Pub Title false
Pub Note:
Relief shown by sketches. A series of linear road maps with mileages. Each map is followed by two pages of descriptive text. pub_note Relief shown by sketches. A series of linear road maps with mileages. Each map is followed by two pages of descriptive text. Pub Note false
Pub List No:
9735.000 pub_list_no 9735.000 Pub List No false
Pub Type:
National Atlas pub_type National Atlas Pub Type false
Pub Maps:
101 pub_maps 101 Pub Maps false
Pub Height cm:
46 pub_height_cm 46 Pub Height cm false
Pub Width cm:
31 pub_width_cm 31 Pub Width cm false
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Frontispiece: Britannia Vol 1.

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Frontispiece: Britannia Vol 1.