A NEW MAP OF DENMARK NORWAY SWEDEN & MOSCOVY
£100
Attractive map of Scandinavia and Moscovy from Edward Wells' Atlas for the son of the Duke of Gloucester. Detail with rivers and forests etc.
Two attractive cartouches.
Good hand colour
Very good condition.
code : M3416
Cartographer : Edward
Date : 1700 Oxford
Size : 37*52 cms
availability : Available
Price : £100
Edward Wells (1667-1727) authored "A New Sett Of Mapps Of Ancient And Present Geography ..." in 1700.
Wells was a teacher of mathematics and geography at Christchurch College, Oxford University. He compiled the "New Sett Of Mapps" notable for the parallel maps of classical and contemporary geography.
The maps are all dedicated to the eleven year old William, Duke of Gloucester, a student of his at Oxford at the time, whose mother later became Queen Anne. Unfortunately, all seventeen of her children, including William, predeceased her.
The maps are very much intended as a tool in teaching geography, with less emphasis on, and requirement for, great geographical detail. The maps, engraved in the main by Michael Burghers, the engraver to the University of Oxford, have an unsophisticated charm, which makes them very popular with modern collectors.
