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The London-based newspaper The Independent of today (Friday, 27 August
2010), on p.31 of its Arts&Books section, has a page-length article -
entitled 'Great works' - by Tom Lubbock; it is illustrated in colour by
the British Library-held maps of Matthew Paris ("c. 1250") and 'Totius
Britanniae Tabula Chorographica' (in the "Chronicle of England, entitled
Cronica facta sub compendio") of "c. 1399". Online version (better
quality images) at:-
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works-map-of-britain
[. . .]; here the article is titled 'Great Works: Map of Britain
(c.1250), Matthrew [sic] Paris . . .'
The writer, towards the latter half of his piece (both media), quotes
Milton's Paradise Lost, Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and Shakespeare's
Hamlet. For those who are sufficiently interested he closes with the
following thoughts (taken from the hard copy version):-
"There are no links betweens [sic] maps and these later books, or among
these three books themselves. They just come together entirely by luck.
But these early maps are treasure trove. Imagined coastlines become new
lands, new worlds."
Make of that what you will . . .
Francis Herbert (your roving/raving reporter)
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