Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1595 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20681

Map Date:

[1595]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps c.24.a.5

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:

'Cantebriga': adds 'Opulentissimi regni Anglie celebris.'

Comments on map:

In Francesco Valegio (Francisco Valezo), Raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo, Venice, 1595, fol.206. Not a refined map: the town is pretty shapeless and only Kings College chapel is barely recognisable.

Scale:

1:15,000*

Map-maker:

Fraco. Valego [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.5 x 8.4

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

town walls, (pictorial)

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps c.24.a.5 [=BLML 1.a.a.3], CUL maps.53(2).57.1, Maps.c.53(2).59.1 [1595]; BLML Maps c.25.a.10 [1600?: in Teatro delle piu illustri...]; CUL Ee.11.56, Maps.c.53(2).59.2 [1713].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Two male figures, bottom left.

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560