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Notice descriptive John Dee fonds [textual record, cartographic material]
Date :1580.Référence :R17899-0-3-E, MG21-CottonianMSS.-AugustusI.I.Genre de documents :Documents textuelsTrouvé dans :Archives / Collections et fondsNo d'identification :105364Date(s) :1580.Lieu de création :Royaume-UniÉtendue :3 p. transcript and photocopy.Langue du document :anglaisPortée et contenu :Fonds consists of the following: a photocopy (1 page) of a manuscript map, on a kind of polar projection, comprising North America, the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator, and the western coasts of Europe and Africa, drawn by John Dee (1527-1608), in 1580, for Elizabeth I.
Also, transcript (2 pages) of Dee's carefully written memorandum, "A brief remembrance of sundry forein regions discovered, inhabited, and partly conquered by the subjects of this British monarchie," from the back of the map, in which Dee traces the British title to America from legendary Arthurian colonization down to the discoveries of Sir Martin Frobisher ([1535]-1594). Another map connected with Dee, derived from the British Library's Cottonian Charters XIII, No. 48, is also available in CAAD (CAAD reference NMC-8130).Provenance :Biographie/Histoire administrative :Dee, John, 1527-1608 : Mathematician and astrologer.
John Dee (1527-1608) was born in London on 13 July 1527. He was the son of Rowland Dee, gentleman sewer to Henry VIII, and Johanna, daughter of William Wild. He was an intimate friend of the Flemish cartographer Gerhard Kremer alias Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594). At the request, 17 September 1580, of Elizabeth I, who wished to be informed regarding her title to countries discovered in various parts of the world, Dee drew up a hydrographical and geographical description of such countries on two large rolls that he delivered to the queen at Richmond on 3 October 1580. He died at Mortlake in December 1608.Information additionnelle :Note générale :Documents created in: Mortlake, Surrey, England.Historique de la conservation :The Cottonian Manuscripts were accumulated by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631) and his grandson, Sir John Cotton (1621-1702), who presented them to the British nation in 1700. After being severely damaged by a fire in 1731, the Cotton collection was incorporated, in 1753, in the newly founded British Museum (now the British Library), where it is maintained as a special collection. The manuscripts are numbered Julius A.I. - Faustina F.X., according to the names of the twelve Caesars and two Imperial ladies, whose busts surmounted the fourteen presses in which Cotton housed his library., Cottonian Manuscripts Augustus I, volume I, is a large portfolio containing a collection of sixteenth-century charts, plans and other drawings, English and foreign, which seems at some time to have been in the possession of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598), before becoming part of the famous Cotton Library., In 1914, the National Archives of Canada obtained a photograph of the map in Augustus I, Volume I, No. 1, which is now available in the Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division (CAAD reference NMC-8134). At the same time, the memorandum on the back of the map was transcribed and placed in the Manuscript Division. In 1973, for the convenience of researchers, a photocopy of the CAAD copy of the map was placed with the Manuscript Division's transcript.Note sur l'emplacement des originaux :Originals with the British Library, London, England.Note(s) sur le contenant :1 : TVedette-matière :- Cartography - Great Britain, 1580 John Dee, 1580
- Maps, Manuscript, 1580 Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1580
- North America - Maps, 1580 Martin Frobisher, 1580
- Atlantic Ocean - Maps, 1580 King Arthur (Legend), 1580
- Europe - Maps, 1580
- Land titles - North America, 1580
- Land titles - Europe, 1580
- Land titles - Africa, 1580
- Great Britain - History - Elizabeth, 1558-1603, 1580
- Great Britain - Colonies - Geography, 1580
- Great Britain - Colonies - Description and travel - To 1600, 1580
- Title examination - North America, 1580
- Title examination - Europe, 1580
- Title examination - Africa, 1580
- Map projection, 1580
- Imperialism, 1580
- Legends - Great Britain, 1580
- Arctic regions, 1580
- Discoveries (in geography), 1580
- Africa Early works to 1600
- Great Britain
- Grande-Bretagne
Source :PrivéAncien no de référence archivistique :MG21-CottonianMSS.-AugustusI.I. -
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