THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. XXXlll. 



William Kip published a map of Dorset in the year 1607, without roads or 

 hundreds, and with and without descriptive letter press. This map is supposed 

 to have been pii\ated from Saxton's map. 



Speed's map, published 1610*, has the hundreds and a similar plan of Dorches- 

 ter to that in Lea's map, also with the arms of the Earls and Marquises of 

 Dorset. The description or letter press to this map appears to have been 

 published both in Latin and in English, the Latin edition probably being the 

 older. 



In 1613 Michael Drayton published his " Poly-Olbiou," dedicated to Prince 

 Hem-y (of Wales), which contains a description in verse of the county, together 

 with a very curious old map of " Dorsetshere " with part of " Hampshere " and 

 the " He of Wyght." In this map the towns are omitted, but the principal 

 rivers are traced from their sources. There is a fine portrait of Prince Henry, 

 exercising with a lance, engraved by W. Hole. 



J. Janson's map, published about the year 1646, -with hundreds but without 

 roads, description in Latin, appears to have been the next published. This maj) 

 is signed " Joannem Jansonium." 



Blau's map, with letter press in German, also in French, was pul)]ished in the 

 same year. 



Eichard Blome pubUshed in 1672 his Britannia, or a geographical description 

 of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and with it a general map of Dorsetshire with 

 its divisions and hundreds, dedicated to the Honourable Humphrey Weld, of 

 Lulworth Castle, Esquu-e, Governor of His Majesty's Isle and Castles of Portland 

 and Sandesfoot, &c., printed 1671. 



Eobert Morden published his map of Dorset in 1695. There is a smaller edition 

 of this map in Coxe's History of Dorset, published in 1700. 



" An accurate map of Dorsetshire divided into hundreds, illustrated with 

 historic extracts relafive to its natural produce, manufactures, and trade, present 

 state of its principal towns, seaports, &c." (published about 1748), dedicated to 

 Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Dorset, by 

 Eman Boweu, geographer to His Majesty, is referred to as being " very 

 incoiTect" in E. Gough's "Anecdotes of British Topography," published in 

 1768. There is a smaller edition of this map pubhshed about the year 1760. 



A capital survey of this county, scale 1 inch to the mile, was published by Isaac 

 Taylor 1765 in six sheets, having at sides views of Corfe Castle, the Amphitheatre 

 at Dorchester, Maiden Castle, the Observatory at Hortou, and Sherborne Castle. 

 This, though the best map, is said to be faulty. A small scale edition of this map 

 (two miles to one inch) was published by W. Faden in 1796. 



" A map from actual survey and records of the county," by J. Bayley, 1773, is 

 prefixed to Hutchins' History (1st edition) and sold separately. 



H. Moll's set of fifty maps of English and Welsh counties. Arc, published 1748, 

 includes Dorsetshii'e. 



* A copy of this map is presented with this paper. 



