Sujet

'Matthew Paris's Map of Great Britain, c.1250', (1944). Creator: Matthew Paris.

Légende

Matthew Paris's Map of Great Britain, c.1250', (1944). Detail showing rivers and towns in the south of England and part of Wales. Many place-names are still recognisable today. The word 'Auster', written over the English Channel at the bottom, refers to wind bringing heavy cloud cover and fog. Map drawn by the historian Matthew Paris, a monk at St Alban?s Abbey. Cotton MS Claudius D.vi, f.12v, manuscrit in the British Library, London. From "British Maps and Map-Makers", by Edward Lynam. [Collins, London, 1944]

Crédit

Photo12/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19G32_465

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,6Mo (3,9Mo) / 45,5cm x 34,5cm / 5375 x 4072 (300dpi)

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