1626 – Hant Shire John Bill

This map is circa 1626 and is an abridgement by John Bill from Camden’s Britannia first published in 1586.

Cartographer William Camden (1551 – 1623)

Author of the first chorographical survey of Great Britain and Ireland (Britannia) and the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England (Annales), English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald William Camden  is best known.

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