Légende

Top half of Lord Burghley's chart of the Humber, 1579. Coloured manuscript plan of the River Humber and North Sea coast from Hull to Scarborough, with marginal notes by Lord Burghley. Settlements and coastal landmarks are identified, and ships are shown off the coast. From Lord Burghley's Atlas.

Date

1560

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A14_382

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,4Mo) / 35,2cm x 35,6cm / 4160 x 4199 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river coast UK England library coastal coastline ship ships geography color mouth Lincolnshire Yorkshire settlement text location century cartography North Sea Tudor British Library lettering estuary Colour water transport warship warships 16th century sixteenth century Humberside geographical feature map-making River Humber TGN map Mapmaking Christopher Saxton Sir William Cecil Burghley Cecil William Cecil Burghley Lord Burghley William Cecil Lord Saxton Christopher naval ship Sir William 1st Baron Burghley 1st Baron Burleigh Heritage Art