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The image used in the Library News banner is derived from a map in William Camden’s 1607 book, Britannia. The Library’s copy, which is housed in the Special Collections Research Center, was a presentation copy from the author to a clerk in the Chauncery (Office of Hanaper).
William Camden's Britannia
William Camden
Britannia : sive Florentissimorvm regnorvm Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio
Londini : impensis G. Bishop & I. Norton, 1607
p. 608
Call number:
Special Collections, Rare Books f DA615.C18
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