The hand-coloured Saxton Atlas, completed in 1578, is to be exhibited in Leeds.
Saxton made the map of Yorkshire - his home county - twice the size of that of England and WalesAn extremely rare copy of one of the UK's first ever atlases is to go on show for the first time.
Librarians said the book provided Elizabethans with "beautifully engraved, hand-coloured county maps". The atlas's pages feature Ledes and Bradforthe, the old names for Leeds and Bradford, and Saxton himself is believed to have been born in Dewsbury in the early 1540s before moving to south Leeds.A spokesperson for the library said: "Whilst most of the maps within the atlas were engraved on single copper plates, Saxton decided Yorkshire was important enough to require two, making the map of his home county twice the size of that of England and Wales.
Philip Wilde, library assistant at Leeds Central Library, said: "This collection of maps was the very first time anyone had comprehensively mapped the counties of England and Wales in this way. Saxton's diligence, dedication and eye for detail completely transformed our understanding of the entire nation.
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