Was Elizabeth interested in maps - and did it really matter?

Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Barber, Peter
Date published
2004
Abstract
It tends to be assumed that Queen Elizabeth was interested in maps and globes, not least because she was frequently depicted in their vicinity. Investigation strongly suggests that this was not the case. It is argued that this did matter. By depriving her of an independent source of spatial information, it made her more dependent on her ministers and, in particular, it meant that the royal estates were not mapped before 1600, with long-term financial and possibly constitutional consequences for the crown.
Journal title
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
Volume
14
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
London, UK
ISSN
0080-4401
eISSN
1474-0648
Official URL
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