Oxfordshire-Oxford-1706 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22108

Map Date:

? 1706

Repository reference:

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

Historic county:

Oxfordshire

Town name:

Oxford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP513063

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 5206

Map title:

'Oxford.'

Comments on map:

Near start of 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 of 1200 English feet: a rather odd map, with the streets in the built-up area shown inn outline only, and only a few pictorial buildings: looks incomplete.

Scale:

1:9600

Map-maker:

[Vincenzo Maria Coronelli [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.0 x 12.7

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: A few unnamed pictorial buildings.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A. Oxon 4o 10.

Miscellaneous:

Magdalen and Christ Church college meadows are the only names on land.

Relief:

shown partially: [Castle mound: unnamed].

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560