1695 MORDEN, Robert (Camden)
The story of the maps
commissioned for Edmund Gibson's translation of Camden´s Britannia can
be found under Morden 1701. Camden´s Britannia work included a general
map of England (and Wales) and a set of county maps. This was first published by Abel Swale
and Awnsham & John Churchill in 1695. The Britannia maps did not include
roads at this time, they were not added until the third edition appeared in
1753. However, the general map of England did show ain roads and four are seen entering Devon and three Cornwall (i.e. from the east).
However, this is the first series of maps to mark longitude in minutes of time from London (top border) as well as in degrees (bottom border); this was useful during a period when time was not yet standardised across the country. Gibson's Britannia was republished in 1722, 1730, 1753 and 1772. The maps were updated for the 1722 edition, mostly with changes to place name spellings and the plates were reworked for the 1753 edition due to wear caused by the printing process.
England by Robt Morden; title contained in rather plain panel top right surrounded by drapes and rather simplistic cartouche. The imprint: Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham & Iohn Churchil [John Churchill] is beneath the three scale bars which are below the title panel. Double page folio copperplate engraved map. Size: 395 mm x 455 mm. 1695.
Published in:
Britannia: Or A
Chorographical Description Of Great Britain And Ireland, Together with the
Adjacent Islands. Written in Latin By William Camden, Clarenceux, King at Arms:
And Translated into English, with Additions and Improvements, publish'd by Edmund Gibson, of Queens College in
Oxford.
Printed
by F. Collins, for A. Swalle, at the Unicorn at the West-end of St. Paul's
Church-yard; and A. & J. Churchil, at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row.
1695. (BL, W).
Later editions:
Britannia: Or A Chorographical Description Of Great
Britain And Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Islands. Written in Latin By
William Camden, Clarenceux, King at Arms: And Translated into English, with
Additions and Improvements. The Second Edition.
Published by Printed by
Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and Sold by William Taylor, in
Pater-Noster-Row, London, 1722. (BL, NLS, TCD).
Britannia ... The Second Edition
London. Printed
for James and John Knapton, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, Francis Fayram,
John Osborn and Tho. Longman, John Pemberton, Charles Rivington, Francis Clay,
Jeremiah Batley, and Aaron Ward. (1730). (B, BCL).
Britannia ... The Third Edition
London. Printed for R. Ware, J.
and P. Knapton, T. Longman, C. Hitch, D. Browne, [and 8 others]. 1753.
(BL, W and Brotherton, NLW).
Britannia ... This Fourth Edition
London. Printed for W. Bowyer, W. Whiston, T.
Davies, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, L. Davis, B. White, L. Hawes and Co.
R. Horsfield, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, W. and J.
Richardson, T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, D. Wilson and G. Nicoll, T. Beck. 1772. (BL,
W Brotherton, SoA, NHM).
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