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Cartographer: Michael Drayton
Title: : Somerset
Date: 1612 Size: 12 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Allegorical county map of Somerset with the rivers, hills, forests, and cities represented by figures from mythology and folklore. From Drayton's "Poly-Olbion".
Map Ref: SOM419

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Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : Somerset Shire
Date: 1616 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Beautifully engraved county map with various coats of arms and vignettes including Bath. Rare early edition with Latin text on verso.
Map Ref: SOM423

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Cartographer: Saxton & Kip
Title: : Somersettensis
Date: 1637 Size: 16 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: One of the earliest printed maps of Somerset. Based on Christopher Saxton's map of 1579. Decorative sea monsters.
Map Ref: SOM459

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Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Somersettensis Comitatus
Date: c. 1648 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: County map of Somerset with beautiful cartouche. French text on verso. Original colour.
Map Ref: SOM461

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Cartographer: Richard Blome
Title: : A Mapp of the County of Somerset with its Hundreds
Date: 1673 Size: 12 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: County map of Somerset embellished with several ships and a sea monster. The dedication is to Sir Maurice Berkeley, Viscount FitzHardinge, who was used a messenger to inform Charles II about the Restoration.
Map Ref: SOM502

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Cartographer: Bowen & Owen
Title: : A Map of Somerset Shire -
Date: 1720 Size: 5 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: County map of Somerset. Text and decorative table informs of distances between towns. Coloured.
Map Ref: SOM457

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : Somersetshire
Date: 1724 Size: 13 x 8 inches
Published: London
Description: County map with borders illustrating local antiquities and the Roman baths in Bath. Original colour.
Map Ref: SOM453

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Cartographer: Emanuel Bowen
Title: : An Improved Map of the County of Somerset Divided into its Hundreds
Date: c. 1760 Size: 28 x 21 inches
Published: London
Description: Grand map of Somerset with informative and descriptive text. Schematic plan of Bath to the upper left. Original colour.
Map Ref: SOM465

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Cartographer: Emanuel Bowen
Title: : An Accurate Map of Somersetshire, Divided into its Hundreds
Date: 1777 Size: 21 x 17 inches
Published: London
Description: Attractive copper-engraved county map of Somerset surrounded by descriptive text, a vignette of Bath Cathedral and a splendid cartouche. Original colour.
Map Ref: SOM406

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Cartographer: Capt. Greenvile Collins
Title: : [The Severn or Channell of Bristoll]
Date: 1785 Size: 22 x 18 inches
Published: London
Description: Chart of the Bristol Channel from the Mouth of the Severn at Bristol and Chepstow to the Irish Sea.
Map Ref: SOM451

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Cartographer: John Cary
Title: : Somersetshire
Date: 1790 Size: 4 x 5 inches
Published: London
Description: Charming late 18th Century miniature map of Somerset, including the Bristol Channel. Coloured.
Map Ref: SOM295

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Cartographer: John Cary
Title: : A New Map of Somersetshire
Date: 1801 Size: 22 x 20 inches
Published: London
Description: Attractive county map of Somerset by the cartographer to the Postmaster General, accurately plotting England's roads. Original colour.
Map Ref: SOM466

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Cartographer: Richard Phillips
Title: : Somerset
Date: 1808 Size: 7 x 4 inches
Published: London
Description: County map in original colour.
Map Ref: SOM432

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Cartographer: Langley & Belch
Title: : Langley's New Map of Somersetshire
Date: 1817 Size: 12 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Somerset, divided into hundreds and featuring elegant vignette of St. Vincent's Rock and Hot Wells, Bristol. Original colour.
Map Ref: SOM482

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Cartographer: Sidney Hall
Title: : Somersetshire
Date: 1820 Size: 4 x 3 inches
Published: London
Description: 19th Century miniature map of Somerset, including the Bristol Channel. Original colour.
Map Ref: SOM402

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Cartographer: Christopher & John Greenwood
Title: : Map of the County of Somerset
Date: 1822 Size: 75 x 54 inches
Published: London
Description: Magnificent six sheet folding wall map of Somerset. Original colour. Folded.
Map Ref: SOM481

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