Normandia ducatus
Item Information
- Title:
- Normandia ducatus
- Title (alt.):
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Collection of old maps
- Description:
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Shakespeare wrote a number of history plays, which were based on earlier works by other authors. However, the Bard did not always follow history to the letter. In Henry VI, Part I, Shakespeare manipulates dates of actual events, as well as facts related to people, to create a greater dramatic effect. For example, the character Joan La Pucelle, based on Joan of Arc, was portrayed as an unwed mother and witch in the play, contrary to actual facts. The area near Rouen in Normandy, as illustrated in this 1635 map, was one of the settings for Henry VI, Part I, wherein Joan urged her countrymen to "Look on thy country," and reclaim France for themselves.
- Creator:
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
- Date:
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[1635]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
- Subjects:
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Normandy (France)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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FranceNormandy (area)
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 37 x 51 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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[Amsterdam] :
Excudit Guiljelmus Blaeu
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:505,000]
- Language:
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Latin
- Notes:
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Map of the region of Normandy in northern France.
Relief shown pictorially.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps."
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Notes (exhibitions):
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Exhibited: "Shakespeare’s Here and Everywhere" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2016-2017.
- Identifier:
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06_01_009630
- Call #:
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G1015 .C651 1630
- Barcode:
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30000003873699
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