'Cartouche by A. Ryther on Saxton's Map of Durham, 1576', (1944). Detail on a map the county of Durham, (the Latin word 'Dunelmensis' means of or from Durham). One of 35 coloured maps in "Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales", the first atlas of any country, made by Christopher Saxton. Manuscript in the British Library in London. From "British Maps and Map-Makers", by Edward Lynam. [Collins, London, 1944]

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