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Road from Bristol to Weymouth com Dorset
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| Title | Road from Bristol to Weymouth com Dorset |
| Alternative Title | The Road from Bristol to Weymouth com Dorset By John Ogilby Esqr. His Maties. Cosmographer Containing 74 miles 4 Furlongs vizt. |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G5753_S5.html |
| Cartographer | Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
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| Century Published | 17th century
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| Publication Date | 1675? |
| Publisher | Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
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| Place of Publication | London-United Kingdom |
| Original Source | "Britannica: A Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads thereof." John Ogilby. London: John Ogilby, 1675-6. |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Outline color.
Relief shown pictorially.
Contains watermarks.
Printed in cartouche in center of top:
"The Road from Bristol to Weymouth com Dorset By John Ogilby Esqr. His Maties. Cosmographer Containing 74 miles 4 Furlongs vizt. From ye high Cross in Bristol to Bishops Chve 7 to Wells 12 to Glastonbury 5 6 to Someton 8 to Martock 7 to Crokehorn 7 3: To South Parret 24 to Frampton 12 7 & to Weymouth 12."
Depicts southern England from Bristol to Weymouth in 6 strips illustrated as if they were on scrolls. Each strip contains its own compass rose showing the map's orientation to the north varying by each strip. Each strip shows a main road. Major regions depicted include Somersetshire and Dorsetshire. Towns depicted include Bristol, Bishops Chue, Qwlla, Glastonbury, Somerton, Crokehorn, South Parret, Frampton and Weymouth. Rivers, forests, and towns are shown pictorially. Throughout each map are notes depicting a direction to turn for a particular town. Illustrated within the cartouche is a floral and ribbon motif. Beneath the cartouche is a coat of arms with the following inscription: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense." |
| Contextual Notes | John Ogilby (1600-1676) was a geographer, historian, publisher, Royal Cosmographer, Deputy Master of Revels in Ireland, a dance instructor and translator (Moreland and Bannister, 157; Tooley, 472). In 1671, he was given royal permission to conduct a survey of Great Britain (Johnson, "A Farwell to Maps"). He is best known for his work, "Brittania: A Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads thereof" (1675) which was the first major road atlas of England. It was issued 4 times between 1675 and 1676 and reprinted in 1698. Containing 100 maps of various English roads engraved in strips, the atlas also includes descriptions of the areas depicted in each map. Each strip contains a compass rose to show the strip's directional orientation. The atlas is the first work to use a standard mile of 1760 yards in length based on the standard set in London, ignoring the old system of short, middle and long miles (Delano-Smith and Kain, 168-72). Ogilby's other works include "Ipswich" (1674), "London" (1571), "Essex" (1678), "Africa" (1670), "Asia" (1673) and "America" (1670).
This particular map was published in Ogilby's road atlas, "Britannica" (1675-6).
Source(s):
Johnson, Vance W. "A Farewell to Maps." Unpublished. 1990.
Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Delano-Smith, Catherine and Roger J. P. Kain. "English Maps: A History." London: British Library, 1999.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
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| Language | English |
| Location Depicted | England
Europe, Western
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| Subjects (LCSH) | England (South)-Maps-Early works to 1800 |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP023 |
| Ordering Information | For information about digital reproductions, please email photos@u.washington.edu. Please cite the Digital ID number. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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| Repository Collection | Rare Map Collection. G5753 S5 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 34 x 43 cm. |
| Condition | Piece missing from bottom right corner. Several tears along bottom and top edges. Browning around edges. Dark spot above top near center. Some darkening along centerfold. Dark stains on verso. Shapes drawn in ink on verso. Written in pencil on verso in lower left corner: 259. Written in pencil on verso in lower right corner: 3u C[illegible] 30/ 16)5. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original map at 600 dpi in TIFF format, resized and enhanced at 400 ppi using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using ContentDM's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
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