Surveyed in 1576 this map remains a classic to this day. It was engraved by Lenaert Terwoort whose imprint is lower left, he was one of a number of Dutch engravers of the work and apart from the five maps he contributed and that he originated from Antwerp little is known of him. After the plate came into the hands of William Web they were acquired by Philip Lea who flourished 1683-1700 as a cartographer, globe and instrument maker and map seller. His atlases were rarely uniform usually being made to order and his editions of Saxton’s atlas are similarly varying in content although built around his stock of the original plates. These he acquired sometime around 1689, but from whom is unknown.In the interim a number of alterations had taken place. The large title cartouche upper left is replaced by a beautiful view of Launceston although retaining the royal arms above, the title being moved to the right. The arms of Thomas Seckford are replaced by those of 8 ‘Persons Dygnifyed wth ye title of Cornwall’. An interesting note below records ‘That euer since K: Edw: ye 3d The title of Duke of Cornwall belongeth to ye Kings eldest Sonne’. Evans & Lawrence (1979) pp. 50-3, 63 no. 4 & 158; Quixley (1966) no. 1; Shirley (2004) T.Sax 1h; Skelton (1970) nos. 110, 112 & 113; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).