Koyoumjian, Phillip (Author)
Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography
Volume: 73
Issue: 1
Pages: 32-45
Maps became increasingly affordable in England between the mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries. A survey of inventories made for probate or compiled privately, personal library catalogues and atlas subscription lists shows that maps were owned by people from different levels of society and that, irrespective of status, the maps served two principal purposes: decoration and instruction. Mapmakers and sellers were aware of these interests and worded their advertisements accordingly, emphasizing the ornamental and intellectually ‘useful’ qualities of their maps. For their owners, the maps were usually deeply personal possessions. The different types of maps owned, and the ways they were used, tended to reflect an important aspect of the owners’ identity, such as their travels, profession, family history and attachment to a particular place.
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