BIB_ID
80880
Accession number
MA 2636
Creator
Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Display Date
1578 October 24.
Credit line
Purchased, 1968.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 31.2 x 20.9 cm
Notes
Address panel: "Magco Dno [with tilde] Abrahamo / Ortelio Geographo Regio / Antwerpen."
Provenance
Purchased at Breslauer Sale (lot 353), Sotheby, 1968 June 18.
Summary
Praising Ortelius' Synonymia Geographica; enclosing two Roman coins he found while exploring sites in East Anglia (no longer with the letter); asserting that John Leland was wrong in identifying Camalodunum with modern Colchester; conveying greetings from "D. Goodmannus" (possibly Dr. Gabriel Goodman).
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