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Richard Blome (1635–1705) was an engraver,
cartographer Cartography (; from , 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and , 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can ...
, and publisher in the
Kingdom of England The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the late 9th century, when it was unified from various Heptarchy, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland to f ...
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Works

* 167
''A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World''
* 1673 ''Britannia, or a Geographical Description of the Kingdom of England, Scotland and Ireland'' (average size 315 x 280 mm) * 1681 ''Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd'' (average size 180 x 230 mm) 1685 Re-issued 1693 Re-issued in ''Cosmography and Geography'' 1715 Re-published by Thomas Taylor in ''England Exactly described'' c. 1750 Re-issued by Thomas Bakewell (1716–64) * 1682 '' Cosmography and Geography'' (by Bernhard Varen) 1683-93 Re-issued * 1686 ''The Gentlemans Recreation'' * 1687 ''Isles and Territories of America'' for Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury (and in 1688 a French edition)


References

* 1635 births 1705 deaths 17th-century English cartographers {{Geoscientist-stub