Britannia insula…

Britannia Insula quae duo regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia adiacente… MDLVI. A reissue of a map of 1546 (see PBC5309(25) ), on a smaller scale.This contains a few minor alterations, including the change of "St Patrick's Purgatory" to "Amarcana Metrop." The map has also been reoriented to have north at the top of the sheet.

Object Details

ID: PBC3995(11)
Type: Map
Display location: Not on display
Creator: S., H.I.
Places: British Isles
Date made: 1556
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area: 352 mm x 485 mm
Parts: Italian composite atlas (Atlas oversize)