Image of Cotton Augustus I.i f.53 A chart of the mouth of by English School, (16th century)

Cotton Augustus I.i f.53 A chart of the mouth of the Thames, illustration from 'A...

IMAGE number: BL3470591
Image title: Cotton Augustus I.i f.53 A chart of the mouth of the Thames, illustration from 'A large port-folio, containing a collection of charts, plans, and other drawings', c.1540 (ink & colour on parchment)
Artist: English School, (16th century) / English
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: ink and colour on parchment
Date: c. 1540 AD (C16th AD)

Image description: This map, showing parts of Kent and Sussex, comes from a 16th-century portfolio of coastal charts and drawings. It incorporates miniature copies of town plans that are now lost including what are probably the earliest plans of Canterbury, Rochester and Sandwich. The mapmaker was Sir Richard Cavendish. With its emphasis on sandbanks and beaches, the map was evidently intended for navigation and defence purposes. The decorative quality of the map suggests it was meant for the eyes of the king, Henry VIII.
Photo credit: Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: decoration / United Kingdom / Europe / Kent / house of Tudor / Tudor period (1485-1603) / England / cartography / embellished / navigational / sandbanks / england / maps / beaches / defence / british / augustus / plans / map / cotton / beach / cartographer / english / sandbank / plan / viii / cavendish / richard / sussex / navigation

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