Yorks-Kingston upon Hull-1631 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19784

Map Date:

[1631]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps c.26.a.37

Historic county:

Yorks, East Riding

Town name:

Kingston upon Hull

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA099286

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 0835

Map title:

'Hull in Engellandt.'

Comments on map:

In [Daniel Meisner], Libellus novus politicus emblematicus civitatum pars septima, oder Neiueen politischen statt. und emblematabuchs sievende cheil darinen das siebende ioo statt, vestung, schlosse, und slecke, so Dalingen, in Lothringden, Franckreich, Engeland und Hispanien, &. Littera. G., [Nuremburg], 1700 [no author or place of publication in BLML copy]. Top right: G50. Above 'map': Carcer nonnunquam firmum propugnaculum.' Below map: 'Noctua clausa manet secum in carcare firmo; Insidias volverum vetat enim cavea.' and 'Bann die luss einges berret ist, / Schadet inr night der feinde lift, / Der lebig ihr nicht unnietz, / Sondern gibt wieder ihr feind schutz.' Presumably derives from Speed. For further notes see Exeter 19783.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

[Daniel Meisner [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

14.7 x 10.0

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls

Known copies of map:

Maps 27.a.13; BL 2367.c.9 [reissued in Frost 1827].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

On left: owl-like bird in cage, attracting attention (? hostile) of seven other birds outside.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Ships in [unnamed] rivers Hull and Humber.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560