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Summary

George Owen: Penbrochiae comitatus olim Demetiae regionis descriptio 1602

Artist

Owen, George, 1552-1613.

Author

George Owen (1552–1613)
Alternative names	George Owen of Henllys
Description	naturalist, geologist and cartographer
Date of birth/death	1552	26 August 1613
Location of birth	Nevern
Authority file	: Q5543081 VIAF: 9948768 ISNI: 0000000055111710 LCCN: n95042506 Open Library: OL635653A Oxford Dict.: 20999 WorldCat

Title

Penbrochiae comitatus.

Object type

individual copy of a map

Genre

county map

Description

Shows Pembrokeshire, (partial information on adjacent counties). Identifies towns, larger villages, roads and rivers with diagramatic representation of hills, mountains and woodlands. Title, top left, below arms of Elizabeth I, scale, bottom left. Map periphery contains index to towns and villages and arms of families associated with Pembrokeshire.

Date

1602

Dimensions

690 × 610 mm (27.16 × 24.01 in)

Collection

National Library of Wales

	Native name	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
	Location	Aberystwyth
	Coordinates	52° 24′ 51.67″ N, 4° 04′ 55.87″ W
	Established	1907
	Website	https://www.library.wales
	Authority file	: Q666063 VIAF: 139269948 ISNI: 0000000406057171 LCCN: n50062130 OSM: 553399 GND: 1005759-6 WorldCat

Inscriptions

top left:

Penbrochiae comitatus olim Demetiae regionis descriptio 1602

bottom:

The Countey of Penbrok called in auncient tyme Demetia ...

Notes

Scale [ca.1:182,000]. 2.8 inches = 8 miles.

References

http://hdl.handle.net/10107/1445608 ( English)

Source/Photographer

The National Library of Wales

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