Cornwall-Falmouth-1597
CBTM:
18608
Map Date:
1597
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPH 1/370
Historic county:
Cornwall
Town name:
Falmouth, St Mawes, Penryn
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SW807328
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SW 8233
Map title:
'The true description of ye great baie of Falmouth ... also herein is described the principal towns next adjoininge, vis. Trewro, Tregni and Penwrin ... diligentlie surveyed in anno 1597 by Baptista Boazio.'
Comments on map:
Two copies at this pressmark: the less elaborate is 'J. Anderson, May 5 1801': transcript is definitely 1801 rather than 1597 in style, as indicated by e.g. ships in harbour. Really no urban detail. Scale measured as 1 inch to 225 paces, 1:13,500.
Scale:
1:13,500
Map-maker:
Baptista Boazio [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
77.9 x 69.2
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
land-use, decorative: Cartouches & direction pointers.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MPH 1/370; BL ac.1225 [1889 facsmile from WO 78]; CUL P479.c.26.9,2 [in Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 9,ii, 1887].
Ordnance Survey's
1877-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1877-8
1:2500
1:10,560
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1877-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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