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from 1700 dedicated to a Thomas Goddard, is a comprehensive work from many aspects.It has more than 700 pages, including a long pedagogic preface, no fewer than 78 maps from Europe including the British Isles, Asia, Africa, America and a two circular maps of the world, representing planet Earth seen
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from exactly opposite sides – the known world as of its time. (Australia was not yet known in Europe by then; Antarctica was not known anywhere.) It further contains explanations of many general geographical concepts such as
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in 1695, and subsequently reissued in 1722, 1753 and 1772. These maps were based on new information from gentlemen of each county, and were newly engraved. Each had a decorated
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and more. It also contains several comparisons of commodities, customs, history, governments, coins and weights (etc) "with those in London". Its index is extensive.
48:(c. 1650 – 1703) was an English bookseller, publisher, and mapmaker, globemaker and engraver. He was among the first successful commercial map makers. 67:
output was large and varied. His best-known maps are those of South Wales, North Wales and the English Counties first published in a new edition of
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In 1695 he published a map of Scotland. It is in parts (e.g. Skye and the Western Isles) essentially a copy of the 1654 map done by
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Britannia, or, A chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands
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Britannia, or, A chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands
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British map engravers : a dictionary of engravers, lithographers and their principal employers to 1850
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Between about 1675 and his death in 1703, he was based under the sign of the Atlas at premises in
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The links below are to images of Morden's county maps as published in 1722 (Camden's
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A new map of New England, New York, New Iarsey, Pensilvania, Maryland and Virginia
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He is also known for several very rare early maps of the
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Cockerill. 153:in 1675 and Margaret Wearg in 1675. 37:Morden and Philip Lea's 1695 map of 13: 947:17th-century English cartographers 14: 963: 903: 139:The Worshipful Company of Weavers 137:Morden was a member of the guild 124:British colonies in North America 698: 686: 674: 662: 650: 638: 626: 614: 602: 590: 578: 566: 554: 542: 530: 518: 506: 494: 482: 470: 458: 446: 434: 422: 410: 398: 386: 374: 362: 350: 338: 326: 314: 302: 290: 278: 266: 254: 242: 230: 218: 206: 194: 182: 16:English cartographer (1650–1703) 912:, National Library of Scotland 867: 835: 802: 791: 774: 744: 156: 111:He published a new map of the 1: 737: 7: 710: 25:Morden's European Map from 10: 968: 781:Morden, Robert (c. 1700). 141:. He was an apprentice of 809:Worms, Laurence. (2011). 86:Robert Gordon of Straloch 693:Yorkshire (North Riding) 95:His (fourth edition) of 705:Yorkshire (West Riding) 681:Yorkshire (East Riding) 42: 30: 134:, beginning in 1687. 36: 24: 132:Geography Anatomiz'd 177:among the People'. 145:, hydrographer to 43: 31: 820:978-0-9569422-0-3 756:www.earlymaps.com 717:Britannia (atlas) 29:, printed in 1700 959: 897: 896: 894: 892: 871: 865: 864: 862: 860: 839: 833: 832: 806: 800: 795: 789: 788: 778: 772: 771: 769: 767: 758:. 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Tartary
Cornhill
Cheapside
London
cartographical
William Camden
Britannia
cartouche
Robert Gordon of Straloch
Joan Blaeu
Latitude
Longitude
Tamil
Ceylon
British colonies in North America
The Worshipful Company of Weavers
Joseph Moxon
Charles II
Philip Lea
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Devon

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