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An Unusual Collection of Maps in a pre-Overton Atlas
- 1-6-1979
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37 William Baffin, A Description of East India conteyninge th'Empire of the Great Mogull' [Imprints] 'Printed for Henery Tombes and Benjamin ffisher and are to be soulde at the Talbut without aldergate' 'William Baffin deliniavit et excudebat' 'Renold Elstrack sculp ... 1632.' 385 x 490mm.
With a large circular cartouche, containing a sun and lion, symbols of the Moghul Emperors and, beneath, a circular table of Moghul rulers. Baffin's map, the earliest English one of the Moghul Empire, was based on information supplied by Sir Thomas Roe, first ambassador to the Court of the Great Moghul 1615-1618. The compiler was mastermate of the ship in which Roe returned to England and earlier had made four voyages in search of the North-West passage and had given his name to Baffin's Bay. The engraver Renold Elstrack is known for a few distinctive maps, among them Boazio's Ireland of 1599 and Speed's four-sheet map of England, Wales, and Ireland of 1603. On Baffin's map southern India is not shown but the Moghul Empire between the Ganges and the mountain ranges to the north is given exaggerated prominence. There is a tree-lined avenue called the 'Long Walk' linking Agra and Lahore constructed by Akbar the Great. A first state of this map was published in 1619 and is to be found under the British Library reference K. Top. CXV.22. I have not located another copy of this second stale of 1632. See R.A. Skelton, Explorers' Maps, London, 1958, pp.151 and 157.
Edward Wright's chart of the Azores from his book Certaine Errors in Navigation, 1599, re-issued by Peter Stent in 1645. This is one of the first regional maps on Mercator's projection. (Collation no. 5). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
Geldria by Nicolaus Visscher. The area shown covers the central Netherlands, with part of the Zuider Zee in the top left-hand corner. North is to the right. (Collation no. 99). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
Holstein by Nicolaus Visscher, using his Latinised name Piscator. The date 1653 has been added to a plate first issued in 1630. (Collation no. 102). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
William Baffin's map of the Moghul Empire in India was first published in 1619; this is the second state of 1632. The tree-lined 'Long Walk' linking Agra and Lahore was planted by Akbar the Great. (Collation no. 37). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
LOOSE MAPS
(a) Speed County Maps
(State 2: with imprint of first edition but as amended after 1614; state 3: with imprint of 'Roger Rea ye Elder and ye younger' and sometimes with date 1662; state 4: as state 3 but with date 1666.) Apart from item 47, none of the Speed maps has text on the reverse.
38 'Berkshire...'. Slate 2. 380 x 510mm.
39 'Bedfordshire...' State 3. 380 x 510mm.
40 'Cambridgeshire...' State 3. 380 x 520mm.
41 The County Palatine of Chester...' State 3. 380 x 510mm.
42 'Cornwall.' Stale 2. 380 x 510mm.
43 'Cumberland...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
44 'Darbieshire...' State 4. 380 x 500mm.
45 'Devonshire...' State 2. 380 x 505mm.
46 The Bishoprick And Citie of Durham.' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
47 'Dorsetshyre...' State 1. 385 x 510mm.
Only Speed map in the collection in its first stale, and carrying appropriate text on the reverse.
48 'Glocestcrshire...' State 2. 380 x 510mm.
49 'Hanlshire...' Slate 2. 380 x 510mm.
50 'Herefordshire...' State 3. 375 x 500mm.
51 'Huntingdon...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
52 'The Isle of Man...' 380 x 510mm.
Proof state, lacking sea shading and still carrying the date 1605 which was later amended to 1610. No text.
53 'Kent...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
54 'The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
55 The Countie and Citie of Lyncolne...' State 2. 380 x 510mm.
56 'Northamptonshire...' State 2. 380 x 510mm.
57 'Northumberland.' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
58 The Countie of Nottingham...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
59 'The Countie of Radnor...' State 2. 385 x 510mm.
60 'Rutlandshire...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
61 'Shropshire...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
62 'Somerset-Shire...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
63 'Stafford...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
64 'Suffolke...' Slate 3. 375 x 500mm.
65 'Sussex...' State 4. 380 x 500mm.
66 The Countie of Warwick...' Slate 3. 380 x 500mm.
67 'The Countie of Westmorland...' Slate 3. 380 x 500mm.
68 'Wilshire.' State 2. 385 x 515mm.
69 'Worcestershire...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
70 'Yorkshire.' Slate 2. 385 x 5 10mm.
(b) Other British maps, plans or views
71 Jan Jansson, 'Mona Insula...' 430 x 535mm.
Jansson's map of the Isles of Man, Anglesey and Wight first appeared in his Novus Atlas, Part IV, of 1646.
With a large circular cartouche, containing a sun and lion, symbols of the Moghul Emperors and, beneath, a circular table of Moghul rulers. Baffin's map, the earliest English one of the Moghul Empire, was based on information supplied by Sir Thomas Roe, first ambassador to the Court of the Great Moghul 1615-1618. The compiler was mastermate of the ship in which Roe returned to England and earlier had made four voyages in search of the North-West passage and had given his name to Baffin's Bay. The engraver Renold Elstrack is known for a few distinctive maps, among them Boazio's Ireland of 1599 and Speed's four-sheet map of England, Wales, and Ireland of 1603. On Baffin's map southern India is not shown but the Moghul Empire between the Ganges and the mountain ranges to the north is given exaggerated prominence. There is a tree-lined avenue called the 'Long Walk' linking Agra and Lahore constructed by Akbar the Great. A first state of this map was published in 1619 and is to be found under the British Library reference K. Top. CXV.22. I have not located another copy of this second stale of 1632. See R.A. Skelton, Explorers' Maps, London, 1958, pp.151 and 157.
Edward Wright's chart of the Azores from his book Certaine Errors in Navigation, 1599, re-issued by Peter Stent in 1645. This is one of the first regional maps on Mercator's projection. (Collation no. 5). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
Geldria by Nicolaus Visscher. The area shown covers the central Netherlands, with part of the Zuider Zee in the top left-hand corner. North is to the right. (Collation no. 99). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
Holstein by Nicolaus Visscher, using his Latinised name Piscator. The date 1653 has been added to a plate first issued in 1630. (Collation no. 102). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
William Baffin's map of the Moghul Empire in India was first published in 1619; this is the second state of 1632. The tree-lined 'Long Walk' linking Agra and Lahore was planted by Akbar the Great. (Collation no. 37). By courtesy of Rodney W. Shirley.
LOOSE MAPS
(a) Speed County Maps
(State 2: with imprint of first edition but as amended after 1614; state 3: with imprint of 'Roger Rea ye Elder and ye younger' and sometimes with date 1662; state 4: as state 3 but with date 1666.) Apart from item 47, none of the Speed maps has text on the reverse.
38 'Berkshire...'. Slate 2. 380 x 510mm.
39 'Bedfordshire...' State 3. 380 x 510mm.
40 'Cambridgeshire...' State 3. 380 x 520mm.
41 The County Palatine of Chester...' State 3. 380 x 510mm.
42 'Cornwall.' Stale 2. 380 x 510mm.
43 'Cumberland...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
44 'Darbieshire...' State 4. 380 x 500mm.
45 'Devonshire...' State 2. 380 x 505mm.
46 The Bishoprick And Citie of Durham.' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
47 'Dorsetshyre...' State 1. 385 x 510mm.
Only Speed map in the collection in its first stale, and carrying appropriate text on the reverse.
48 'Glocestcrshire...' State 2. 380 x 510mm.
49 'Hanlshire...' Slate 2. 380 x 510mm.
50 'Herefordshire...' State 3. 375 x 500mm.
51 'Huntingdon...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
52 'The Isle of Man...' 380 x 510mm.
Proof state, lacking sea shading and still carrying the date 1605 which was later amended to 1610. No text.
53 'Kent...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
54 'The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
55 The Countie and Citie of Lyncolne...' State 2. 380 x 510mm.
56 'Northamptonshire...' State 2. 380 x 510mm.
57 'Northumberland.' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
58 The Countie of Nottingham...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
59 'The Countie of Radnor...' State 2. 385 x 510mm.
60 'Rutlandshire...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
61 'Shropshire...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
62 'Somerset-Shire...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
63 'Stafford...' State 2. 380 x 500mm.
64 'Suffolke...' Slate 3. 375 x 500mm.
65 'Sussex...' State 4. 380 x 500mm.
66 The Countie of Warwick...' Slate 3. 380 x 500mm.
67 'The Countie of Westmorland...' Slate 3. 380 x 500mm.
68 'Wilshire.' State 2. 385 x 515mm.
69 'Worcestershire...' State 3. 380 x 500mm.
70 'Yorkshire.' Slate 2. 385 x 5 10mm.
(b) Other British maps, plans or views
71 Jan Jansson, 'Mona Insula...' 430 x 535mm.
Jansson's map of the Isles of Man, Anglesey and Wight first appeared in his Novus Atlas, Part IV, of 1646.
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