c1690 MORDEN, Robert
A separately issued map of England and Wales published
by Robert Morden to coincide with the accession of King William. In this map
the title is flanked by two large ships and several smaller vessels, below is
the Stuart coat of arms, together with a striking portrait. It has been
suggested that the image is of King William III (but possibly still as William
of Orange) who ascended the throne in 1688, as part of The Glorious
Revolution.
Although the map is not dated it bears the
name of the engraver F. W. Oetjes (fl. 1690-1693); who is known to have been
active in London around the beginning of the 1690s; probably of Dutch
nationality he is known to have engraved maps for Robert Morden, Christopher
Browne, and charts for Greenville Collins ‘Great Britain Coasting Pilot’
(1693).[1]
Roads are shown as thin lines with post roads
as double stipple lines. Most main roads are shown such as the two into Devon
to Exeter; Exeter to Plymouth and into Cornwall; Exeter northwest to Hatherley
and then into Cornwall; From northern Somerset to Barnstaple; Exeter to
Okehampton and Launceston with road to Redruth.
Another rare map only three institutional examples have been identified: the Bodleian, the British Library, and the National Library of Scotland.
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[1] See Shirley Morden 9 and notes from website of Daniel
Crouch: illustrations courtesy of Daniel Crouch.
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