Английская Википедия:Britannia (atlas)
Britannia is the title of each of three atlases created in England the late 16th and mid 18th centuries, describing some or all of the British Isles. These are the books published by William Camden (in 1586, reprinted 1693) and Richard Blome (in 1673) and John Ogilby (in 1675). Of the three, Ogilby's is probably best known because it was the first to use measured distances.
Camden's Britannia
Шаблон:Main In 1577, William Camden (1551–1623) began his great work Britannia, a topographical and historical survey of all of Great Britain and Ireland. His stated intention was to "restore antiquity to Britaine, and Britain to his antiquity".[1] The first edition, written in Latin, was published in 1586. It proved very popular, and ran through five further Latin editions, of 1587, 1590, 1594, 1600 and 1607, each greatly enlarged from its predecessor in both textual content and illustrations.[2][3] The 1607 edition included for the first time a full set of English county maps, based on the surveys of Christopher Saxton and John Norden, and engraved by William Kip and William Hole (who also engraved the fine frontispiece). The first English-language edition, translated by Philemon Holland, appeared in 1610, again with some additional content supplied by Camden.[4]
Britannia is a county-by-county description of Great Britain and Ireland. It is a work of chorography: a study that relates landscape, geography, antiquarianism, and history. Rather than write a history, Camden wanted to describe in detail the Great Britain of his time, and to show how the traces of the past could be discerned in the existing landscape. By this method, he produced the first coherent picture of Roman Britain.
Blome's Britannia
Шаблон:Expand section Richard Blome (1635-1705) published his Britannia, or a Geographical Description of the Kingdom of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1673.
Ogilby's Britannia
In 1675, John Ogilby (1600Шаблон:Ndash1676) issued his Britannia (also Шаблон:Lang), a road atlas depicting in strip form of most of the major routes in England and Wales.Шаблон:Sfnp The atlas included such details as the configurations of hills, bridges, ferries and the relative size of towns. One hundred strip road maps are shown, accompanied by a double-sided page of text giving additional advice for the map's use, notes on the towns shown and the alternative pronunciations of their name.Шаблон:Sfnp Another innovation was Ogilby's scale of one inch to the mile (1:63360).Шаблон:Sfnp These are marked and numbered on each map, the miles further being divided into furlongs.[5] At that period, the measurement of many minor roads had used a locally defined mile rather than the standard mile of 1760 standard yards which Ogilby adopted in his atlas, thus setting the standard for road maps in future.[6]
The most obvious omission from Ogilby's atlas is the route to Liverpool.[7]
The volume includes a panoramic frontispiece plate that includes a surveyor's wheel being used to measure distances.
Editions
It appears that two editions were released, one tinted and one monochrome, under different titles. The tinted edition was called Шаблон:Blockquote and the monochrome edition was Шаблон:Blockquote
The book was sold at £5 (the equivalent of about £Шаблон:Inflation in 2019), was in a large format,Шаблон:Efn and weighed about Шаблон:Cvt.[8]
Successors
A version of the book, "The traveller's guide or, a most exact description of the roads of England", in a smaller format and without any maps, was published in 1699 by Abel Swall.[9]
Ogilby's Britannia inspired and provided the model for Britannia Depicta or Ogilby improv'd published by Emanuel Bowen and John Owen in 1720.[10]
List of the 100 strip maps
The preface to the atlas gives a list ("catalogue") of the maps it contains:Шаблон:Sfnp
- (City of) London, Acton, Uxbridge, Beaconsfield, High Wycombe, Tetsworth, Oxford, IslipШаблон:Sfnp
- Islip, Moreton-in-Marsh, Broadway, Pershore, Bromyard, WorcesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Bromyard, Leominster, Presteign, AberystwythШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Ewell, Dorking, Billingshurst, Amberley, Arundel, ChichesterШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Waltham, Hoddesdon, Ware, Royston, Huntingdon, StiltonШаблон:Sfnp
- Stilton, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, TuxfordШаблон:Sfnp
- Tuxford, Doncaster, Wentbridge, Tadcaster, YorkШаблон:Sfnp
- York, Boroughbridge, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham, Chester-le-StreetШаблон:Sfnp
- Chester-le-Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Morpeth, Alnwick, Belford, BerwickШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Hounslow, Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury, Hungerford, MarlboroughШаблон:Sfnp
- Marlborough, Calne, Chippenham, Bristol, Axbridge, HuntspillШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Acton, Uxbridge, Amersham, Aylesbury, Buckingham, BanburyШаблон:Sfnp
- Banbury, Stratford, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, BridgnorthШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Brentford, Hounslow, Colnbrook, Slough, Maidenhead, AbingdonШаблон:Sfnp
- Abingdon, Faringdon, Fairford, Barnsley, Gloucester, MonmouthШаблон:Sfnp
- Monmouth, Newport, Cardiff, Cowbridge, Aberavon, BurtonШаблон:Sfnp
- Burton, Kidwelly, Haverfordwest, St DavidsШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Southwark, Rochester, Canterbury, DoverШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Romford, Brentford, Chelmsford, Colchester, HarwichШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Farningham, Maidstone, Ashford, HytheШаблон:Sfnp
- London, High Barnet, St Albans, Dunstable, Stony Stratford, TowcesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Towcester, Daventry, Coventry, LichfieldШаблон:Sfnp
- Lichfield, Rugeley, Stone, Stableford, Nantwich, Tarporley, ChesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Chester, Denbigh, Conway, Beaumaris, HolyheadШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Hounslow, Staines, Basingstoke, AndoverШаблон:Sfnp
- Andover, Salisbury, Shaftsbury, Sherborne, CrewkerneШаблон:Sfnp
- Crewkerne, Honiton, Exeter, Ashburton, PlymouthШаблон:Sfnp
- Plymouth, Fowey, Tregony, Penzance, Land's EndШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Croydon, East Grinstead, Lewes, Newhaven, Brighton, ShorehamШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Wandsworth, Cobham, Godalming, Petersfield, PortsmouthШаблон:Sfnp
- London, Bromley, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, RyeШаблон:Sfnp
- Andover, Warminster, Bruton, BridgwaterШаблон:Sfnp
- Bridgwater, Dulverton, Barnstaple, Torrington, HatherleighШаблон:Sfnp
- Hatherleigh, Camelford, Padstow, St Columb, TruroШаблон:Sfnp
- Chippenham, Bath, Wells, Marlborough, Devizes, Trowbridge, WellsШаблон:Sfnp
- Stilton, Peterborough, Spalding, Boston, Sleaford, LincolnШаблон:Sfnp
- Darleston, Brewerton, Warrington, Wigan, Preston, GarstangШаблон:Sfnp
- Garstang, Lancaster, Bolton, Kendal, Penrith, CarlisleШаблон:Sfnp
- Guildford, Midhurst, Chichester, Midhurst, Petersfield, WinchesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Stony Stratford, Northampton, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, DerbyШаблон:Sfnp
- Temsford, Stilton, Peterborough, Market Deeping, Sleaford, LincolnШаблон:Sfnp
- Lincoln, Redbourne, Brigg, Barton, Hull, Beverley, FlamboroughШаблон:Sfnp
- Puckeridge, Cambridge, Ely, Downham, King's LynnШаблон:Sfnp
- Four Shire Stone, Chipping Campden, Worcester, Ludlow, MontgomeryШаблон:Sfnp
- High Barnet, Hatfield, Baldock, Biggleswade, St Neots, OakhamШаблон:Sfnp
- Puckeridge, Newmarket, Thetford, Attleborough, Windham, NorwichШаблон:Sfnp
- St Albans, Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, OakhamШаблон:Sfnp
- Oakham, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham, Mansfield, Rotherham, BarnsleyШаблон:Sfnp
- Barnsley, Halifax, Skipton, Middleham, RichmondШаблон:Sfnp
- Meriden, Birmingham, Bridgnorth, Shrewsbury, WelshpoolШаблон:Sfnp
- Bagshot, Farnham, Alton, Alresford, Southampton, Romsey, SalisburyШаблон:Sfnp
- Newmarket, Swaffham, Wells; plus Newmarket, Bury St EdmundsШаблон:Sfnp
- Basingstoke, Stockbridge, Cranborne, Blandford, Dorchester, WeymouthШаблон:Sfnp
- Colchester, Ipswich, Saxmundham, Beccles, YarmouthШаблон:Sfnp
- Bristol, Chipping Sodbury, Tetbury, Cirencester, Burford, South Newington, BanburyШаблон:Sfnp
- Bristol, Chepstow, Monmouth, Hereford, Leominster, LudlowШаблон:Sfnp
- Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch, ChesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Bristol, Wells, Glastonbury, Taunton, ExeterШаблон:Sfnp
- Bristol, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, WorcesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Bristol, Wells, Crewkerne, Frampton, WeymouthШаблон:Sfnp
- Cambridge, St Neots, Northampton, Rugby, CoventryШаблон:Sfnp
- Carlisle, Jedburgh, Kelso, BerwickШаблон:Sfnp
- Chester, Wrexham, Newtown, Llanbadarn Fynydd ("Vunneth Llanbader"); thence to Cardiff.Шаблон:Sfnp
- Llanbadarn Fynydd ("Llanbader Vunneth"), Brecon ("Breckknock"), CardiffШаблон:Sfnp
- Dartmouth, Exeter, Tiverton, MineheadШаблон:Sfnp
- St Davids, Fishguard, Cardigan, TalybontШаблон:Sfnp
- Talybont, Bala, Ruthin, HolywellШаблон:Sfnp
- Exeter, Chulmleigh, Ilfracombe, Bideford, TorringtonШаблон:Sfnp
- Exeter, Tavistock, Liskeard, TruroШаблон:Sfnp
- Gloucester, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Warwick, CoventryШаблон:Sfnp
- Gloucester, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, Knighton, MontgomeryШаблон:Sfnp
- Hereford, Worcester, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Coventry, LeicesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Huntingdon, Ely, Bury St Edmunds, IpswichШаблон:Sfnp
- Ipswich, Thwaite, Norwich, CromerШаблон:Sfnp
- King's Lynn, Thetford, Stowmarket, HarwichШаблон:Sfnp
- King's Lynn, Gayton, Billingford, Norwich, YarmouthШаблон:Sfnp
- Monmouth, Abergavenny, Brecon, LampeterШаблон:Sfnp
- Nottingham, Lincoln, Market Rasen, GrimsbyШаблон:Sfnp
- Oxford, Faringdon, Malmesbury, BristolШаблон:Sfnp
- Oxford, Buckingham, Bedford, CambridgeШаблон:Sfnp
- Oxford, Newbury, Basingstoke, Petersfield, ChichesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Oxford, Banbury, Coventry, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, DerbyШаблон:Sfnp
- Oxford, Hungerford, Salisbury, Cranborne, PooleШаблон:Sfnp
- Presteign, Builth Wells, Llandovery, CarmarthenШаблон:Sfnp
- Salisbury, Marlborough, Lechlade, Chipping CampdenШаблон:Sfnp
- Tynemouth, Newcastle, Hexham, Haltwhistle, CarlisleШаблон:Sfnp
- Welshpool, Dolgellau, CaernarvonШаблон:Sfnp
- York, Ripley, Skipton, Settle, LancasterШаблон:Sfnp
- York, Leeds, Rochdale, Manchester, WarringtonШаблон:Sfnp
- Warrington, Chester, Manchester, Stockport, DerbyШаблон:Sfnp
- Carmarthen, Cardigan, Lampeter, AberystwythШаблон:Sfnp
- Chelmsford, Sudbury, Bury St EdmundsШаблон:Sfnp
- Chelmsford, Maldon, Rayleigh, Ingatestone, Billericay, Gravesend, DoverШаблон:Sfnp
- Exeter, Colyford, Lyme Regis, Bridport, Dorchester, Plymouth, DartmouthШаблон:Sfnp
- Ferrybridge, Boroughbridge, Ripon, Barnard Castle; plus Ferrybridge to WakefieldШаблон:Sfnp
- Kendal, Ambleside, Cockermouth, Egremont, Cockermouth, CarlisleШаблон:Sfnp
- Alresford, Winchester, Poole, Christchurch, Southampton, WinchesterШаблон:Sfnp
- Shrewsbury, Wrexham, Holywell, Chester, Flint, HolywellШаблон:Sfnp
- Whitby, Guisborough, Stockton, Durham, Sunderland, TynemouthШаблон:Sfnp
- York, Pickering, Whitby, New Malton, Sherburn, ScarboroughШаблон:Sfnp
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