The Road From Prestaine ... To Carmarthen [Plate 84]
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John Ogilby (1600-1676) is perhaps best known for his series of road-maps entitled the "Britannia", which was the first road-atlas of any country, published in 1675. The atlas was an immediate success, being reprinted many times and was much copied by other map-makers. The atlas illustrates the major roads emanating from London with some of the more important cross roads. Each of the hundred sheets covers a distance of about seventy miles, so some of the longer routes are on several sheets - for example London to Lands End is on four sheets. Each sheet is divided into strips representing parchment scrolls, with the map running continuously up the strips. Each map contains a wealth of information showing towns and villages, local landmarks, woods, bridges, castles and even gallows. Hills are shown diagrammatically to indicate the direction of the incline and their size. Furthermore, side roads and their destinations are also given - all this at a constant scale, for the first time in any series, of one inch to one mile.
region: Wales Maps & Charts
mapmaker:
J.Ogilby
place and date of publication:
London 1675
medium and colour:
copperplate, Coloured
ref:
26706
size in cms: 43 x 31 Price: £ 220 |
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