11th Sep, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST
Speede, John
Cambridgeshire described. John Sudbury and George Humble, c.1610. Framed and glazed double-sided, hand-coloured both sides, English text on verso.
This map was the first in the series to introduce a symbolic presentation of the mile scale - it is held by one of the academic figures (a motif repeated with Oxfordshire). The blank shield would seem prepared for the arms of Sidney Sussex (the youngest of the old foundations). There is one intriguing error on the map - Corpus Christi College's foundation is given as 1344 rather than 1352, advancing it ahead of both Trinity Hall and Caius.
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