Humphrey Llwyd – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:20:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Humphrey Llwyd – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Humphrey Llwyd Exhibition in Wales https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/08/humphrey-llwyd-exhibition-in-wales/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:19:27 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786161 More]]>
Humphrey Llwyd, “Cambriae Typus,” from Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1574. Map, 472 × 347 mm. National Library of Wales.

An exhibition celebrating Welsh author and cartographer Humphrey Llwyd (1527-1568) is taking place at the National Library of Wales: BBC News, press release. Among other things, Llwyd produced the first published map of Wales (rather than as a part of another map), the Cambriae Typus, which appeared as an addendum to Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1573. The exhibition runs until the 31st at the Library in Aberystwyth; admission is free. The Library’s digital version of the map is available here.

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