England & Wales

43x36 cm

ENGLAND
By Rob.^t Morden 
Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham:
& Iohn Churchil. 

Copper engraving produced by Robert Morden for publication in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden's Britannia first published by Abel Swale and Awnsham & John Churchill in 1695. 

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). Minutes of time 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.

Some wrinkling to uppr edge of the paper but it remains a very good example from the first edition of 1695 in neat later hand colour.