Norfolk-Norwich-1706 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22114

Map Date:

? 1706

Repository reference:

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

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Norwich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG233097

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 2208

Map title:

'Nordwich, capitale del contado di Norfolck'.

Comments on map:

Frostick's no.19. At [fo. 132] 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. Obvious derivative from Cunningham, without text: so debased that cathedral is hardly recognisable.

Scale:

1:20,000*

Map-maker:

[Vincenzo Maria Coronelli [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.3 x 12.7 [overall: map 15.5 x 9.5].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

Frostick's no.19: BOL G.A. Oxon. 4o. 10, Norwich Library Box XI ['1695'] [originals] [Exeter 22114];

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal: [Top left and right].

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560