London [cartographic material] / Ioannes Norden Anglus descripsit anno 1593 ; Pieter Vanden Keere fecit 1593.
1593
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Digital reproduction of Folger MAP L85a no.7
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Title
London [cartographic material] / Ioannes Norden Anglus descripsit anno 1593 ; Pieter Vanden Keere fecit 1593.
Created/published
[London] : [Eliot's Court Press], [1593]
Description
1 map : engraving ; 16 x 21 cm, on sheet 18 x 25 cm
Associated name
Norden, John, 1548-1625?, author.
Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646, printmaker.
Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646, printmaker.
Scale
Scale approximately 1:15,840. Scala passum .5. pedum.
Material base
paper
Language Note
Place names in English.
Note
Bird's eye view of London as it was in 1593, with Gray's Inn and Islington to the west, East Smithfield to the east, and the Thames and Southwark to the south. Title in scroll with Tudor Royal Arms to the left and London City Arms to the right. In the left and right margins, the coats of arms of the twelve most influential and wealthy city guilds known as the 'Great Liveries' (mercers, grocers, drapers, fishmongers, goldsmiths, skinners, merchant taylors, haberdashers, salters, ironmongers, vintners, and clothworkers). List of major streets and buildings in lower margin with references to letters and numbers on the map (a-z and 1-22).
Relief shown pictorially.
Bar scale given in paces; scale taken from Howgego.
Plate from Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex ... / by the trauaile and vew of Iohn Norden. London : Eliot's Court Press, 1593.
Relief shown pictorially.
Bar scale given in paces; scale taken from Howgego.
Plate from Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex ... / by the trauaile and vew of Iohn Norden. London : Eliot's Court Press, 1593.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2012. Open City: London, 1500-1700.
Cited/described in
Howgego, J. Printed maps of London (2nd ed.), 5 (1)
Linked resources
Digital reproduction of Folger MAP L85a no.7
Genre/form
Maps.
Prints.
Coats of arms.
Prints.
Coats of arms.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
MAP L85a no.7 (size S)
Folger-specific note
Losses to all four corners, not affecting image; tears at center fold line. Removed from Folger W.b.498
Folger accession
cs93