Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1690 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21191

Map Date:

? 1690

Repository reference:

CUL Maps..bb.17.q.7

Historic county:

Cambridgeshire

Town name:

Cambridge

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL449587

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 4459

Map title:

'Cantabrigia al. Cambridge academiae et bibliothecae collegii s.Trinitatis magnifica sedes.'

Comments on map:

Incorporated into letterpress, from an unidentified book in German: below the map is 'Hermannus von der Hardt Lectori Christiano S.P.' CUL cards say 1690. So heavy and vague as to be pretty completely uninformative, and seemingly not worth anyone's bother.

Scale:

1:15,000*

Map-maker:

Daucher fecit.

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

15.3 x 8.2 [map: plate 16.2 x 8.5].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.bb.17.Q.7.

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Scrolling.

Borders:

decorative: Picture-frame.

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560