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E127.D2 - 1720 Britannia Depicta by Ogilby, Bownen & Owen
E127.D3 - 1720 Britannia Depicta by Ogilby, Bownen & Owen
https://ljb2.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/finding-your-way/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind
https://oneclass.com/blog/liberty-university/147494-10-hardest-courses-at-liberty-university.en.html
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http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/faculty/harrell/egypt/Turin%20Papyrus/Harrell_Papyrus_Map_text.htm
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E127.D8 - 1720 Britannia Depicta by Ogilby, Bownen & Owen
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Roads_of_Britain_-_Matthew_Paris,_Book_of_Additions_(c.1250),_f._187v.jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ogilby
https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/25975/title-page-america-ogilby
https://www.huntington.org/verso/2018/08/john-ogilby-english-restoration-fantasyE127.D12 - 1720 Britannia Depicta by Ogilby, Bownen & Owen
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https://i.redd.it/aq0cm709g8t21.jpg
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20161007-why-paper-road-maps-wont-die#
https://magazine.northeast.aaa.com/daily/travel/road-trips/paper-maps-triptiks-still/#E127.D14 - 1720 Britannia Depicta by Ogilby, Bowen & Owen
E127.038 -Road from London to the Lands-End. (continued.)
E127.113 - Road from Oxford to Cambridg (Cambridge). (continued.) Road from Oxford to Chichester.
The first edition, first issue of a small size edition of Olgilby's 1675 road atlas of England and Wales, our Pub List No. 9735.000. Ogilby's 1675 edition was so large that we assume few travelers could actually take it on the road. This small edition was far more portable. Revised with additional text, coats-of-arms, town descriptions (revised) and county maps. "First edition, first issue of this of this highly popular reduced version of John Ogilby's 1675 road atlas; Bowen's address given as "next ye King of Spain", plate 128 misnumbered 121, and plates 74 and 75 transposed. Bowles decided to go one better than Thomas Gardner and John Senex, who were planning reduced size re-issues of Ogilby, by augmenting the work with 54 county maps and "a multitude of historical, topographical and statistical information" (Hodson) by the antiquarian John Owen, the whole engraved onto 273 strip-maps by Emanuel Bowen. Bowles puffed the work extravagantly claiming, that "One leaf of this, contains more Observations than any whole book of this Nature yet publish'd", and seems to have stirred up "a great demand as there were four editions issued from 1720 to 1724" (Chubb). How practical this was as a road-book is questionable, the lay-out is rather cluttered with three or four road strips per page, together with the county maps, armorials, and minisculely engraved cursive text, however, it is certainly lively, and undoubtedly would have possessed considerable novelty on publication. Ogilby's survey itself was the first of the roads of England and Wales, "and [he] is probably best known on this account . Sir H.G. Fordham . says [the survey] 'is of particular and historical importance, as it displaced the old British mile of 2,428 yards, and substituted it for the statute mile of 1,760 yards, thus effecting a revolution in customary measurements'" (Chubb, p. 444)." (Daniel Crouch).
E127.C.026 - Ogilby Willdey Map of the Roads of England 1717
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The Archbishop of York is the second most senior archbishopric in the Church of England. It was established CE 626. Its first Bishop was Paulinus of York was a member of Augustine’s (archbishop of Canterbury) mission to York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_York#/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinus_of_York
The Archbishopric of Canterbury is the most senior archbishopric in the Church of England. It was established CE 597 by Ethelbert of Kent. The first Archbishop was Saint Augustine of Canterbury
The bishopric of Winchester is one of the most important and oldest dioceses in England. Established in 634 and was translated to Winchester in 660. First Bishop was the Bishop Wine who was consecrated as first Bishop in 660.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester...
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The City of London is where the Tower of London, London Bridge, and LimeHouse Street are located. The City is the historical centre of London situated within the boundaries of the Roman wall.
The City of London's borders are defined by its Roman Wall. The City is where the Tower of London, London Bridge are located. The Lord Mayor of London is elected among the alderman of the 25 ancient wards of city. At the time publication the City of London was the countries centre for banking and trade hosuieng the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/new-hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
*The City of Westminster is where Parliament stands as well as White Hall palace. White Hall palace is no longer and the palace lends its name to White Hall, the collection of buildings which houses the cabinet offices, the Prime Minister's residence, the Foreign and commonwealth office, and other government departments.
*Looking at the first section of this map, as you leave London you can see the city of Westminster listed and not too far after is Hyde Park. Locations which today are iconic to "London" were far enough outside of the City of London of the time to be listed on a road map outside of London.
The Borough of Southwark was an ancient borough of the City and then later a town within Surrey and part of what is now termed greater Lonodon- the urban sprawl coming from the City of London. Southwark includes London Bridge, the Rose and Globe Theater as well as the Tabard Inn where Chaucer's pilgrims begin their journey.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london...
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_So...
Between Ogilby's work and the publication of the Bowen and Owen publication presented here Old St. Paul's was burned in the London Fire of 1666 and the current St. Paul's designed by Christopher Wren was built.
*By the 1720s the Palace of White Hall had burned down and al that remained was Banqueting House listed here.
*The site of the Palace of Whitehall would come to house many of the government buildings.
https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-an...
https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-an...
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*A detailed map of London from 1747 just a few years after the publication of this atlas.
*Here, you can see the outline of the City of London- indicating its separate status from London. There is also the Borough of Southwark just on the other side of London bridge, and far to the West is the city of Westminster (literally the minister in the west)https://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5754l.ct003475r/?r=-...
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"It is a pretty town, well-built and populous; In it is a Palace Royal at which though not magnificent is very convenient and delightful. Its curious Gardens are frequently visited by the Nobility and Gentry."
The addition of commentary like this, unrequired for merely navigational purposes, are one of the many elements of the Brittanica Depicta which make it unique and insightful to the times.
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View of Greeniwch park c.1680
*Greenwich was home to the classical Palladian style villa known as The Queen's House(centre), the Royal Observatory(top left), as well as the Greenwich naval hospital for seamen(not shown here but located along the river by 1690).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich#Tudor
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/london-and-the...
https://www.rmg.co.uk/queens-house/history
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A Description of the election of the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
*This process consists of liverymen, those belong to the City's livery companies, to elected from among qualified alderman, to be the Lord Mayor.
*The election is accompanied by an elaborate "Show" which has be continuously happening every year since 1215. The iteration of the show that would have been seen in 1720 did not begin until the late 16th century. It involved complex floats, performances, and poetry.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_London...
http://www.liverycompanies.info/fellowship-of-cler...
Hill, Tracey. Pageantry and Power: A Cultural History of the Early Modern Lord Mayor's Show.
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Someone coming from the bottom of the map will be going uphill here.
Someone coming from the bottom of the map will be going downhill here.
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"It is a well built town, has a large Parish Church, a Free School and a very good Market on Thursday. Here are held 2 Fairs Annually August 1st and November 2nd."
Loughborough continues to have a market to this day.
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A number of British islands here...
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Notes here says that the river in Thetford is navigable.
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The arms of the College
The Queen's College was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglefield. The College is named after Queen Philippa of Hainault who was wife of King Edward III.
Aan engraving by John Bareblock from 1566.
The College is formally known as: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope. It was founded in 1555 following the abolition of the Benedictine cathedral that was on the site during the Protestant Reformation.
An engraving by David Loggan from 1690.
Pembroke College was founded in 1624 by King James I and was named after the Earl of Pembroke who was the King's Lord Chamberlain. The coat of arms represents both the Earl of Pembroke and James I.
An engraving by David Loggan from 1675.
Corpus Christi College is formally known as: The College of the Body of Christ in the University of Oxford. The College was founded in 1517 making it the 12th oldest college in Oxford. The College is famous for the translation of the King's James Bible.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Colle...
https://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate-...
An engraving from 1675 by David Loggan.
The College was founded in 1509 on the site of a medieval academic hall known as Brasenose Hall. It is from here that the College gets it's name, a name believed to be derived from the bronze door knockers adorning the medieval hall's door.https://web.archive.org/web/20121028125233/http://...https://web.archive.org/web/20120304040845/http://...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasenose_College,_O...
An engraving by David Loggan from 1675.
Christ Church College was founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII. The College has a joint foundation with Christ Church Cathedral.
The Front Quadrangle, which remains much as it was after modifications by Sir Thomas White (the founder)
The College was founded in 1555 by Sir Tomas White. The College was intended to provide a place of education for Roman Catholic clerics and to support Queen Mary and the Counter-Reformation movement.
The Second Quadrangle of Jesus College,
The College is formally known as: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation. The College was founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1571 for the education of clergy, making it the first Protestant college at the university.
The entrance to Wadham College.
Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham
*Engraving by David Loggan from 1675.
*Oriel college is the oldest royal foundation in Oxford. It was founded in 1326 with King Edward II as patron. It is due to this connection that the Collège has been down as King's College or King's Hall.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriel_College,_Oxfor...
https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/about-college
The arms of the College.
The College is formally known as: The College of St Mary of Winchester in Oxford. The name New College did not come into use until after 1386. New College was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham.
An engraving by David Loggan from 1674 of the College.
The College is formally known as: The College of the Blessed Mary and all Saints, Lincoln. It was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming the Bishop of Lincoln.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_College,_Oxf...
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/w7qbde3r , Wellcome Library no. 20519i
Pictured above are the arms of the College
The college is formally known as: the Colleges of the Souls of All the faithful Departed. The College was founded in 1438.
Refrences,
A drawing of the College by George Vertue c.1730
Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalen_College,_Ox...
Vertue, George. [Magdalen College, Oxford] / G: Vertue Sculp, 1730.
An drawing of Exeter College c.1709 by Michael Burghers.
The is formally called: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford. Exeter College is the fourth oldest college of the university being founded in 1314https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxfo...
The Front of EXETER COLLEGE in OXFORD, 1709., 1709. Burghers, Michael, and George III, King of Great Britain, British Library King George III collection.
Engraving from 1675 by David Loggan. The College is formally known as: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford. The College was founded in c.1260 by Walter de Merton.
An engraving by David Loggan from 1675 of Balliol College.
Balliol College was founded in 1263 and was founded by John I de Balliol.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxf...
*An engraving of the College.
*Formally known as: The College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford. The College has a claim as the oldest College, along with Oriel College. It was founded in 1249 by William of Durham. It is, along with Oriel College, associated with the Monarchy of England as in 14th century there grew a claim that the College was founded by King Alfred of Wessex in 872. This claim is why the College bears the arms associated with King Alfred.http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/high/tour/south/un...
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A print of the Great Court from 1690
The College was founded in 1546. The College's full name is: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity within the Town and University of Cambridge of King Henry the Eighth's Foundation
An engraving of the College by David Loggan from 1690
Queen's College Cambridge was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou and was re-founded in 1465.
An engraving of the College by David Loggan from 1690
Gonville & Caius College is the fourth oldest college being founded in 1348. The college has held two other names being first founded as, Gonville Hall (1348-1351) and then the Hall of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1351-1557).
Second Court of Magdalene College.
Magdalene College was founded in 1428. The College was originally a Benedictine hostel before becoming Buckingham College. It was not until 1542 when the College was re-founded that it took the name the College of St Mary Magdalene.
Pictured above is the First Court of the College
Christ's College was founded in 1437 originally as God's House. It was not until 1505, when the college was granted a royal charter and an endowment by Lady Margaret Beaufort that the name was changed.
The Main Court of the College
St. Catharine's College was founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall. The current name and spelling was adopted in 1860.
King's College was founded in 1441 and is formally known as The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College,_Ca...
Drawing by David Loggan of the College in 1690
Jesus College was founded in 1496
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College,_Cambr...
An engraving from 1685 by David Loggan of the College
St John's College was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort in 1511
Old Court as would have been the court yard of Christi College in 1720.
Founded in 1352 by the Guild of Corpus Christi and the Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the sixth-oldest college in Cambridge and only college to be founded by the townsfolk of Cambridge.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OldCurtCC.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge
Emmanuel College Chapel in 1690
Hall Court.
Sidney Sussex College was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
An drawing of Trinity Hall by David Loggan in 1690
Formally known as: The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall is the fifth-oldest surviving college and was founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.
The Old Court
Officially: The College or Hall of Valence-Mary. the College was founded in 1347 it is the third-oldest college of Cambridge. It was founded by Marie de St Pol, Countless of Pembroke.
Old Court
Clare College is the second oldest surviving college.
Clare hall (fka. University Hall) was founded in 1326 and refounded as Clare Hall in 1338.
Old Court
St. Peters college, known as Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college at Cambridge.
The college was founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhouse,_Cambridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peterhouse_shield.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_Peterhouse_OldCourt.JPG
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These five images represent the five regius professorships of Cambridge at the time of the maps creation.
Regius professorships are those created by the ruling sovereign.
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