Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1706 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22110

Map Date:

? 1706

Repository reference:

BOL G.A. Oxon. 4o. 10.

Historic county:

Cambridgeshire

Town name:

Cambridge

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL449487

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 4459

Map title:

'Cambridge'.

Comments on map:

At [fo. 53] in volume of Coronelli work, with various engraved titles: at start is Oxoniae, atque Cantabrigiae universitates celeberrimae a' Patre Cosmographo Cornonelli... [n.d.], followed by Oxfort da' Latini chimato Oxonium, universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, c descritta dal P. General Coronelli; [fo. 51] Cambridge, da' Latini detta Cantabrigia universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, e descritta ne' suoi viaggi cola dal P. Coronelli; [fo 80] INGHIL TERRA. Scale 'Piedi 1600': like Oxford [Exeter 22108], no detail is shown inn the built-up area (not even churches), making for a strange 'unfinished' effect.

Scale:

1:9600

Map-maker:

[Vincenzo Maria Coronelli [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.0 x 12.5

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A. Oxon 4o 10.

Relief:

(pictorial): [Mound on site of castle].

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560