David Campion





Map showing trajectory of the Spanish Armada, c.1590s © British Library

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MAP EXERCISE


This assignment is intended to provide a sense of the geographical contours over which the history of Tudor and Stuart Britain unfolded. It will give an appreciation of the topography, distances, cities, regions, and battlefields of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the various smaller islands that comprise Modern Britain. Students are encouraged to use John Cannon (ed), Oxford Companion to British History; S.J. Connolly (ed), Oxford Companion to Irish History; Norman Davies, The Isles: A History as well as other atlases and reference works.

You are not obligated to complete this assignment on your own. You may collaborate with each other in preparing your maps (but beware of shared errors). All items must be clearly labeled in block letters on the maps (not number-keyed to a list in the margin) so that future reference is easy for you and grading is easy for the instructor. Grades will be based primarily on accuracy and neatness, but artistic flourish and creativity will also be considered.

The blank maps supplied are the ones that must be used. Do not submit computer-generated designs. Please staple the two maps together and be sure to put your name on both pages.

Maps are due at the beginning of class on Monday, September 13.



MAP I

In black ink draw borders for the following regions:
England
Wales/Cymru
Normandy (in France)
Ireland (show the "Pale" c.1500)
Scotland (show Highlands and Lowlands)


Cities, towns, and battle sites:
Aberdeen
Bristol
Cardiff
Dublin
Glasgow
London
Norwich
Preston
Stratford-upon-Avon
Bath
Calais (in France)
Cork
Dunbar
Glastonbury
Derry/Londonderry
Nottingham
Portsmouth
Stirling
Belfast
Cambridge
Dover
Edinburgh
Hastings
Marston Moor
Oxford
Salisbury
Worcester
Bosworth
Canterbury
Drogheda
Exeter
Inverness
Naseby
Plymouth
Southampton
York


MAP II

Counties and Provinces:
Buckinghamshire
Devon
Hampshire
Northumberland
Sussex

Cornwall
Durham
Kent
Norfolk
Ulster

Cumbria
East Anglia
Lancashire
Somerset
Warwickshire

Connaught/Connacht
Essex
Lincolnshire
Suffolk
Yorkshire

Rivers:
Boyne
Clyde
Humber

Liffey
Mersey
Severn

Shannon
Thames
Tyne

Geographic Features:
Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
Isle of Man
North Sea
Cambrian Mountains
Guernsey
Isle of Wight
Orkney Islands
Irish Sea
Hebrides
Jersey
Shetland Islands
Greenwich Meridian (0° Longitude)
Loch Ness
Skye




La herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck d’Avoir Cirquit toute la Terre; Nicola van Syck, Antwerp 1581

Created by campion@lclark.edu | Updated December 2021