Cartouche: elaborate, with the coat of arms of James I, not Elizabeth I, which helps identify the atlas this appeared in. Coat of arms in lower right corner with motto, "Pestis Patriae Pigricies." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miliarium. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned shield. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Ifor M. Evans & Heather Lawrence, Christopher Saxton: Elizabethan map-maker, 1979, page 45. Verso Text: MS notes : 9 1 P Suffolk L.
Extent
1 map ; hand col. ; 34 x 48 cm., sheet 43 x 53 cm.
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