Gloucestershire-Bristol-1595 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20680

Map Date:

[1595]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps c.24.a.5

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Bristol

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST585730

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5773

Map title:

'Brightstowe', 'Brightstowe uulgo quondam uenta florentissimum Anglie emporium.'

Comments on map:

In Francesco Valegio (Francisco Valezo), Raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo, Venice, 1595, fol.90. Not a refined map.

Scale:

1:25,000*

Map-maker:

Fr Valego [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.5 x 8.7

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps c.24.a.5; BLML Maps c.25.a.10 [1600?: in Teatro delle piu illustri...].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Two: arms have olive-leaves, cf Chester.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Woman and man, bottom right.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560