Egerton MS 1513: A remarkable display of cartographical invention

Abstract

The unfinished Egerton MS 1513 in the British Library offers insights into the drafting technique of sixteenth‐century French chartmakers, which included taking extracts from large models drawn at different scales. As the last and most imaginative of the surviving Dieppe School works, Egerton 1513 also displays a more elaborate southern continent than any found elsewhere. That its place names, and those for the west coast of North America, are imaginary warns against an over‐literal interpretation of map evidence. Pure invention rather than misunderstood reality is an explanation that might have wider application in the history of cartography.

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