Richard Blome
English engraver, cartographer, and publisher
About Richard Blome
Lived 1635 – 1705 (aged 69–70). Richard Blome was a British cartographer, historian and publisher.
Richard Blome (1635–1705) was an engraver, cartographer, and publisher in the Kingdom of England.
Works
1670 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)
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Who was Richard Blome?
English engraver, cartographer, and publisher (1635–1705)
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Richard Blome was born in 1635.
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Richard Blome died in 1705.
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Richard Blome was a cartographer, historian and publisher.
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Richard Blome was British.
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