Item 18 - Maps of Viking activity during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready, maps I–IIc

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Add. VM/C/9/18

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Maps of Viking activity during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready, maps I–IIc

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  • 1999 (Creation)

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1 map on artist's board, 1 map on tracing paper; 56 x 44 cm and smaller

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Keynes, Simon Douglas (b 1952) Anglo-Saxon scholar

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Piggott, Reginald (1930-? 2014), cartographer
(1930-? 2014)

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A draft map and a finished map, each depicting four smaller maps on one page: 'I Viking Raids in the 980s', 'IIa The Viking Army in England 991-4', 'IIb The Viking Army in England 997-1000', and '11c The Viking Army in England 1000-5'. Made in 1999, for general purposes.

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