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Summary

Title
Latina: Sc Saxton Wigornia
Description
English: Atlas created by cartographer Christopher Saxton in 1577 as part of his 'Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales'. Contains hand-written marginal notes.
Date
Source This file has been provided by the University of Exeter, Special Collections. Image captured by University of Exeter Digital Humanities and taken from Promontorium hoc in mare Proiectum Cornubia dicitur. Factum est hoc opus Ano Dni 1576 et D Elizabethe Regine 18, 1576; C Saxton's Atlas of England and Wales.
Creator
Christopher Saxton  (1540–1610)  wikidata:Q2099402
 
Description cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death 1540 Edit this at Wikidata 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q2099402
Credit line University of Exeter Special Collections
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 Geotemporal data
Date depicted
Map location Worcestershire
Map type County Map
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 Bibliographic data
Publication
Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales
Author
Christopher Saxton  (1540–1610)  wikidata:Q2099402
 
Description cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death 1540 Edit this at Wikidata 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q2099402
Language Latin
Place of publication London
 Archival data
University of Exeter Special Collections; Rare Books Collection.
Accession number
Rare books B 1590/SAX/XX
Dimensions 550mm x 430mm
Medium Printed; hand coloured.
Inscriptions Wigorniensis Comitatus Sanribae Fluminus Amaenitate nifignis descriptio An Dm 1577
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Hand-drawn map of Worcestershire; including towns, hills and other structures.

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