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Catalogue description 'Thamesis Description. Anno 1588.' 18 duplicates of map of the River Thames between...
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| Reference: | MPF 1/128 |
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| Description: |
'Thamesis Description. Anno 1588.' 18 duplicates of map of the River Thames between Lambeth and Tilbury, showing high points, churches, settlements, fortifications, windmills, bridges, and sightlines from principal buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Compass indicator; oriented to the south. In upper left corner: 'Page 32'. Beneath the title: 'The Work, from which this Chart is taken, is entitled,"Expeditionis Hispanoram in Angliam vera descriptio. A.D. 1588, Roberto Adamo Authore."; and is said to have first suggested the designs, on the Tapestry in the House of Lords. The Chart was first engraved, from a Copy drawn by M r. Joseph Ames, in 1738, in the Original on Parchment. (Communicated by the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks. K.B.)'. Banks was invested with the Order of the Bath on 1 July 1795. Plate size: 64 cm x 23 cm. |
| Date: | c 1795 |
| Arrangement: |
This piece consists of 17 items transferred from SP 9/37/2 and 1 item formerly held in the PRO library under the shelf mark M.C. 3.3, reunited with the others in 1997. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in The National Archives: | SP 9/37/2 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Dimensions: | 62 cm x 15 cm |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Publication note: |
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 305 |
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