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   What is the oldest surviving map of Britain?

   • The oldest surviving map of British has been digitally released into a Google style interactive map. The map dating from the 14th century is one of the country’s most historical documents and formed the basis for nearly all the maps that followed.

   Oldest map of Britain is now Interactive: Gough Map | Maps

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   What is the oldest surviving map of London?

   • The oldest surviving complete map of London is to go on display as part of a new exhibition. Civitas Londinium was created in the 1570s and gives a view across the capital, from the bear-baiting pits of Southwark to the fields of Highgate.

   Oldest surviving map of London, from 1633, to go on display - BBC

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   Which map gives a strong outline of England?

   • The map gives a very strong outline of England, but Scotland and Wales is somewhat distorted. Gough Map, Part 2 The Gough map is called the oldest “road map” of Britain, and in this close-up of London you can see many places, rivers and roads. You can find over 600 settlements and 200 rivers on the entire map.

   Medieval Maps of Britain - Medievalists.net

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   How big is a map of Britain?

   • The map is 115 cm x 56 cm in size on vellum, and consists of the coastline of the island of Great Britain, several smaller islands and parts of the coastlines of Ireland and the Continent. Rivers are depicted, and over 600 cities, towns and smaller settlements are represented by churches, fortifications or simple houses.

   The Routes of the Gough Map | UCL Early Medieval Atlas - UCL

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3. www.medievalists.net › 2015 › 02Medieval Maps of Britain - Medievalists.net

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   Created in Canterbury between 1025 and 1050, this is the oldest surviving map of Britain. This is actually a depiction of the entire, and northwest Europe can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the map.

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4. www.historyofinformation.com › detailThe Gough Map: The Oldest Surviving Road Map of Great Britain ...

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   Named after English antiquarian, collector and scholar Richard Gough, who donated the map to the Bodleian Library in 1809, the Gough Map or Bodleian Map is the oldest surviving road map of Great Britain. Gough is believed to have acquired the map from the collection of lawyer, antiquarian and collector "Honest Tom" Martin in 1774.

5. www.ucl.ac.uk › early-medieval-atlas › map-dataThe Routes of the Gough Map | UCL Early Medieval Atlas - UCL ...

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   The Gough Map, so named after Richard Gough who bequeathed it to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, in 1809, is one of the oldest surviving maps of Great Britain. The cartographer (or cartographers) are unknown. The map is 115 cm x 56 cm in size on vellum, and consists of the coastline of the island of Great Britain, several smaller islands and ...

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   Aug 11, 2011 · The oldest surviving map of British has been digitally released into a Google style interactive map. The map dating from the 14th century is one of the country’s most historical documents and formed the basis for nearly all the maps that followed. As part of a 15-month project, researchers at Oxford University have fully investigated the map ...

7. www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-511605Britain's first A to Z: The amazing 14th-century map of Britain

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   Feb 1, 2008 · "It is the first modern map of Britain and the oldest surviving map which shows the coastline in recognisable form," says author Nick Millea, map librarian at Oxford University's Bodleian...

8. phys.org › news › 2008-02-gough-earliest-roadThe Gough Map: the earliest road map of Britain? - Phys.org

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   Feb 4, 2008 · Dating from around 1360, the Gough Map is the earliest surviving map of Great Britain to show routes across Britain and to depict the island with a recognizable coastline. Although the identity...

9. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-london-60916018Oldest surviving map of London, from 1633, to go on display - BBC

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   Mar 29, 2022 · 29 March 2022. London Metropolitan Archives. Only three copies of Civitas Londinium, which shows the capital during Tudor times, are known to exist. The oldest surviving complete map of...