A decorative seventeenth century map that depicts the Emerald Isle, oriented with the north on the right. The map is based closely on Mercator's map of 1595, and is divided into counties with fair detail of mountains, forests, rivers, lakes and towns. It is richly ornamented with a strapwork title cartouche, ships and sea monsters in a stippled sea and an elaborate compass rose. The map was first published in the Latin text edition of Camden's Britannia in 1607 with Latin text on verso, and was reprinted for English text editions in 1610 and 1637 with no text on verso, as seen with this example.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CAMD-1c; Law, pp. 36-37.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a bright, watermarked sheet with light toning along the centerfold and edges of the sheet. There are small stains on the edges of the sheet at right and left, and an old tape stain in the top right corner of the sheet.