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Britannia is the title of each of three atlases created in England the late 16th and mid 18th centuries, describing some or all of the British Isles. These are the books published by William Camden (in 1586, reprinted 1693) and Richard Blome (in 1673) and John Ogilby (in 1675).
Depiction of Kensington Palace Depiction of Henbury Hall. Britannia Illustrata, also known as Views of Several of the Queens Palaces and also of the Principal Seats of the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain is a 1707–09 map plate folio of parts of Great Britain, arguably the most important work of Dutch draughtsman Jan Kip, who collaborated with Leonard Knijff.
Britannia Depicta or Ogilby improv'd was an illustrated road atlas for Britain. It was printed in numerous editions over many decades from 1720 into the 19th century and updated with engravings by many artisans who worked from drawings of other artists. It featured strip maps. [1] Road from Bristol to Banbury
The links below are to images of Morden's county maps as published in 1722 (Camden's Britannia, Volume 1 [5] & Volume 2 [6]).It is noted in the Preface that the maps had been revised since their first publication in 1695, with place-name spellings adjusted where they 'did not answer either the way of writing or the common way of pronouncing among the People'.
In 2003, Canadian Hydrographic Service published "1550, Britannia Bay to Chat Falls", which was 4 maps on 1 sheet; Previous editions of the cartographic material were produced in 1961, '62, '69, '73, '77, '82, '86, and '96. [17] In 2003, the City of Ottawa erected a Heritage Designation plaque for William Murphy House, 127 Britannia Road. [18]
The Royal Yacht Britannia was the British royal family's private yacht from 1953 to 1997.. The ship is now a museum open to the public in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tour shows Queen Elizabeth's ...
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Britannia Road is the only road into and out of the village and the only access to the Britannia Water Purification Plant. [ 14 ] The village has a total population of 610 people in 270 private households; [ 15 ] it is a sub-neighborhood of the Britannia area of Bay Ward , in the west end of Ottawa about 13 km from the Canadian Parliament ...