Humphrey Lhuyd/Abraham Ortelius - 1573

Angliae Regni florentissimi nova descripto, actore Humfredo Lhuyd Denbygiense 1573

Abraham Ortelius was more of a map dealer than engraver who was the first to arrange to have his maps enrgraved to a uniform size for his atlas (many being engraved by Frans Hogenberg) - the atlas was a major success and many editions followed. This map appeared in Ortelius's first supplement (or Additamentum) and is based on a manuscript from Humphrey Lhuyd who died in 1568 - it appeared in all subssequent editions and finally in the historical section of the 1606 English edition - 2 states are known, the first (as illustrated here) had the scale bar 30-40-60-60which was corrected from 1587 onwards.

IoM (derived from Lily) is considerably less accurate than remainder

Detail showing IoM

Extracted from

Additamentum to Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1568) Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp 1573 onwards
Various (> 17) editions with a single English Edition 1606

References

Shirley 98
Skelton p219
EMIoM p32