Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1690 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21201

Map Date:

? 1690

Repository reference:

CUL Views.x.5,8

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:

'Cambrids Cambridge.'

Comments on map:

Pencil note says J.C. Beer, c.1690. Not very exciting, with no text, and as it is engraved in reverse, its curiosity value and its topographical value put its interest into balance. Possibly from Speed, etc, rather than Loggan, as buildings are pictorial.

Scale:

1:9000*

Map-maker:

? Johnann Christoph Beer [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.0 x 16.7

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

CUL Views.x.5,8, Maps.53.66.3, F169.c.1.1.

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Usual Beer banner-and-crossed-branches effect.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560