Old Map of Somerset in 1575 by Christopher Saxton - Bath, Bristol, Wells pacific northwest heritage The map’s measured lines highlight

The map’s measured lines highlight parade grounds

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Old Map of Somerset in 1575 by Christopher Saxton - Bath, Bristol, Wells pacific northwest heritage The map’s measured lines highlightFirst engraved in 1575, this is the earliest printed map of Somersetshire, created by Christopher Saxton, the Yorkshire born surveyor often called the father of English cartography. It formed part of Saxton's extraordinary countywide survey of England and Wales, undertaken with the backing of Elizabeth I's government and completed as a full county atlas by 1579 the first of its kind ever produced. Bristol and Bath appear in the top corner of the