Poliometria Britannica British Isles distance table Beughem Covens Mortier c1690


Poliometria Britannica dat is Stedenmeeting van Groot Britannien, synde een corte aenwysinge hoe wyt de voornaemste Steden inde dry Koninkryken Engeland, Scotland en Yrland van malkanderen leggen, alles gerekent tot gemeene duytse mylen de 15 in een graet, en constig naer t Alphabet voor-gestelt, door C. van Beughem. Guilielmo III, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciase et Hiberniae Regi, Religionis et Libertatis oppressae, Libertori et Defensori. Poliometriam hancce britannicam a se artificiose adornatam dedicat Cornelius de Beughem. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Beughem, Cornelis; Covens & Mortier. Provenance: Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam. Type: Large folio antique copperplate distance table or matrix with old hand colouring. Highly decorative Dutch distance table or matrix showing distances between all the major towns and cities of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales in German miles. The Latin or Roman name of each town is shown, along with a dedication to King William III


Size: 7391px × 6169px
Location: UK
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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