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Cartographer: Christopher Saxton
Title: : Essexiae Comitat' Nova Vera ac Absoluta Descriptio
Date: 1576 Size: 20 x 16 inches
Published: London
Description: RARE. The first printed map of Essex. Engraved in 1576 and published in Saxton's "Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales", in 1579. Original hand colour. [Skelton 1]
Map Ref: ESSEX276

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Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : Essex, devided into its Hundreds, with the most antient and fayre Towne Colchester Described and _ other memorable Monuments observed.
Date: 1614 Size: 21 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Essex. An extraordinary map of the county from the second edition of Speed's seminal atlas, 'The Theatre of Great Britaine'. Vignette of Colchester. English text on verso.
Map Ref: ESSEX1252

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Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : Essex
Date: 1627 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Striking and celebrated county map of Essex with inset plan of Colchester. Published by George Humble. English text on verso. Coloured. [Skelton, R. A.: 18]
Map Ref: ESSEX1233

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Cartographer: William Kip
Title: : Essexia
Date: 1637 Size: 15 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Attractive early county map of Essex engraved by William Kip for William Camden's "Brittania", a history of Great Britain and one of the most important early books published in Britain. Coloured.
Map Ref: ESSEX1223

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Cartographer: William Kip
Title: : Essexia
Date: 1637 Size: 14 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: Attractive early county map of Essex engraved by William Kip for William Camden's "Brittania", a history of Great Britain and one of the most important early books published in Britain. [Skelton 23]
Map Ref: ESSEX1243

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Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : Essexiae Descriptio : The Description of Essex
Date: c. 1650 Size: 19 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: County map. Map copiously decorated with armorial shields, putti and allegorical figures. Coloured.
Map Ref: ESSEX1245

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Cartographer: Jan Blaeu
Title: : Essexia Comitatvs
Date: c. 1650 Size: 20 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: County map with panel of coats of arms. Decorative cartouche. All in fine original colour.
Map Ref: ESSEX1183

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Cartographer: Robert Morden
Title: : Essex
Date: 1695 Size: 16 x 14 inches
Published: London
Description: Essex. Early county map with decorative cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: ESSEX1268

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Cartographer: John Ogilby
Title: : The Roads from Chelmsford in Essex to St. Edmonds-Bury in Suffolk & Saffron-Walden in Essex
Date: 1698 Size: 17 x 13 inches
Published: London
Description: Chelmsford to Saffron Walden. Early coloured road map in Ogilby's distinctive "ribbon" style.
Map Ref: ESSEX1221

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Cartographer: J. & H. Overton
Title: : A New Mapp of the County of Essex
Date: 1713 Size: 20 x 16 inches
Published: London
Description: County map. Geographically based on Saxton. Also shows road network. Coloured.
Map Ref: ESSEX381

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Cartographer: Bowen & Owen
Title: : A Map of Essex
Date: 1720 Size: 5 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Essex. Decorative county map, with description and distances. Coloured.
Map Ref: ESSEX1259

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : Essex
Date: 1724 Size: 13 x 8 inches
Published: London
Description: County map with borders illustrating local coins and Deneholes. Original colour.
Map Ref: ESSEX1239

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Cartographer: Emanuel Bowen
Title: : An Accurate Map of the County of Essex
Date: c. 1760 Size: 28 x 21 inches
Published: London
Description: County map from Bowen's "Large English Atlas. Outline colour. Decorative cartouche.
Map Ref: ESSEX1225

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Cartographer: Emanuel Bowen
Title: : An Accurate Map of the County of Essex
Date: 1778 Size: 19 x 16 inches
Published: London
Description: County map. Detailed map with numerous contemporary annotations. Original colour.
Map Ref: ESSEX1171

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Cartographer: Antonio Zatta
Title: : Provinicia di Essex
Date: 1779 Size: 11 x 8 inches
Published: Venice
Description: County map of Essex with Zatta's typical illustrated cartouche. Original outline colour.
Map Ref: ESSEX1262

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Cartographer: Capt. Greenvile Collins
Title: : Harwich
Date: 1785 Size: 22 x 18 inches
Published: London
Description: Chart of the Essex coast centring on Harwich and dedicated to Samuel Pepys.
Map Ref: ESSEX1237

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