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Britanniae sive Angliae Regnum, tam secndum prisca Anglo-Saxonum Imperia, quam recetiorem Provinciarum divisonem accuratissime designatum studio et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri, Caes. Et C. Reg. M. Geogr. Augustani
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| Title | Britanniae sive Angliae Regnum, tam secndum prisca Anglo-Saxonum Imperia, quam recetiorem Provinciarum divisonem accuratissime designatum studio et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri, Caes. Et C. Reg. M. Geogr. Augustani |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/England_912_At651.html |
| Cartographer | Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | ca. 1740 |
| Publisher | Homann Erben (Firm)
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| Place of Publication | Germany--Augsburg |
| Original Source | Seutter, Matthaeus. "Atlantis Geographicus Maior, " [Grosser Atlas]. Pts. 1 and 2. Nuremberg: Homann Erben, 1734-1781? |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Full color.
Includes compass rose off the coast of southwest England.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in upper right corner in cartouche:
"Britanniae sive Angliae Regnum, tam secndum prisca Anglo-Saxonum Imperia, quam recetiorem Provinciarum divisonem accuratissime designatum studio et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri, Caes. Et C. Reg. M. Geogr. Augustani."
Printed along bottom above border:
"Cum Gratia et Privil. S. P. I. Vicariatus, in partibus Rheni Sveviae, et Juris Franconici."
Printed in bottom left corner is a key for various symbols in the map used for places in the map:
"Notularum Explicatio. Urbes Celebres. Urbeculae. Oppida. Pagi. Arces. Archiepiscop Sedes. Episcopales Sedes. Academiae Sedes."
Printed beneath the key in the lower left corner is a scale comparing English miles, German common miles and Gallic miles.
Written in the upper left corner in ink:
"41."
Written in red pencil in upper right corner:
"4."
Depicts England, part of Scotland, part of Ireland, and the northwest part of France. Divides England into The Kingdome of West Saxons, The Kingd. Of South Saxons, The Kingd. Of Kent, The Kingd. of East Saxons, The Kingdom of East Angles, The Kingdom of Mercie, The Princedome of Wales, and the Kingdome of Northumberland. Shows major cities and regions such as Surrey, Cornwall, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, Somersetshire, Essex, Suffolk, Warwikshire, London, Hartfordshire, Denbighshire, Shorpshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Cambridge and Darbyshire. Includes the British Channel to the south and the Irish Sea or St. George's Channel to the west. Shows rivers, mountains, pictorial cities, and forests. Surrounding the title cartouche is an image of various classical and mythological figures interspersed with English men and women at work tending animals. |
| Contextual Notes | Georg Mathaus Seutter (1678-1756) was a map publisher and cartographer from Nuremberg who set up shop in Augsburg. After an apprenticeship with J. B. Homann in 1697, he began working in Augsburg and was eventually appointed Geographer to Imperial Court. Throughout his lifetime, he competed with his old mentor and worked closely with his son-in-law to put out a collection of town plans. His works include "Atlas Germanicus" (c. 1720), "Atlas Geographicus" (1725), "Atlas Novus" (1728), "Grosser Atlas" (c. 1735), "Atlas novus sive tabulae geographicae totius orbis" (c. 1741), and "Atlas Minor" (1744). After his death, his son, Albrecht Karl, continued the business (Moreland and Bannister, 87-8; Tooley, "Dictionary of Mapmakers" 557).
Source(s):
Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
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| Language | English
Latin |
| Category | Historical Illustrated Scene
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| Location Depicted | England
Europe, Western
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| Subjects (LCSH) | England-Maps-Early works to 1800 |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP067 |
| 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. Atlas 912 At651 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 56 x 49 cm. |
| Condition | Tape repairs on both left and right edges. Fading along bottom of centerfold on right edge. Has binder's guard. Has library stamps on verso with number 688003. |
| 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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