12-627: Murton could refer to: Places [ edit ] Murton, Cumbria , England Murton, County Durham , England Murton, Northumberland , in Ord , near Berwick-upon-Tweed, England Murton, North Yorkshire , England Murton, Tyne and Wear , England, historically in Northumberland Murton, Swansea , Wales People [ edit ] Murton (surname) See also [ edit ] Merton (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
24-478: Is a grade II listed 14th century building located in the heart of Murton, it is believed that Murton Hall was one of if not the first settlement or building in Murton. This Cumbria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Joan Blaeu Joan Blaeu ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːɑm ˈblʌu] ; 23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673), also called Johannes Blaeu ,
36-552: Is dated 1663, in folio 540 mm × 340 mm (21 in × 13 in), which contained 593 engraved maps and plates. Around 1649, Blaeu published a collection of Dutch city maps named Toonneel der Steeden ( Views of Cities ). In 1651, he was voted into the Amsterdam council. In 1654, Blaeu published the first atlas of Scotland , devised by Timothy Pont . Fiercely competitive with his contemporary Johannes Janssonius as to which of them could make an atlas with
48-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Murton, Cumbria Murton is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria , England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, rising to 360 at the 2011 Census. Settlements within the parish include the villages of Hilton , Langton , Brackenber and various small farms, houses and cottages. The town of Appleby-in-Westmorland
60-418: Is to the south-west. Murton is located 200 metres west of the foot of Murton Pike. The village covers an area roughly measuring 6.88ha. A small stream known as Murton Beck runs through the village and down Murton Gill (a small woodland on the west side of the village). The stream continues west through Flakebridge wood before joining up with Keisley Beck. A kilometre south of Murton lies Hilton village and
72-580: The Dutch East India Company like his father before him. Blaeu died in Amsterdam on 21 December 1673. He is buried in the Amsterdam Westerkerk . Blaeu's world map, Nova et Accuratissima Terrarum Orbis Tabula, incorporating the discoveries of Abel Tasman , was published in 1648. This map was revolutionary in that it "depicts the solar system according to the heliocentric theories of Nicolaus Copernicus , which show
84-762: The Dutch architect Jacob van Campen (now the Amsterdam Royal Palace ), in 1655. Blaeu's Hollandia Nova was also depicted in his Archipelagus Orientalis sive Asiaticus published in 1659 in the Kurfürsten Atlas (Atlas of the Great Elector), and was used by Melchisédech Thévenot to produce his map, Hollandia Nova—Terre Australe (1664). He also published the 12-volume Le Grand Atlas, ou Cosmographie blaviane, en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel . One edition
96-554: The Warcop Training Area. The settlement of Murton is hundreds of years old, dating from at least the 1300s. Joan Blaeu ’s 1646 map, "Westmorlandia Comitatvs Anglice Westmorland" mentions a village by the name of "Morton" in the present area of Murton, a "Morton Pike" is also marked on the map. Christopher Saxton ’s 1579 map marks "Morton" as well as a village known as "Helton" (probably referring to Hilton ) and "Lanton". Murton Hall (marked as "Morton Hall" on past maps)
108-613: The earth revolving around the sun.... Although Copernicus's groundbreaking book On the Revolutions of the Spheres had been first printed in 1543, just over a century earlier, Blaeu was the first mapmaker to incorporate this revolutionary heliocentric theory into a map of the world." Blaeu's map was copied for the map of the world set into the pavement of the Groote Burger-Zaal of the new Amsterdam Town Hall, designed by
120-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Murton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murton&oldid=1187706894 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
132-586: The streams of Hilton Beck and Stannerstones Sike. 1.6 km to the east is Brackenber , which lies west of George Gill and Lycum Sike. Murton Pike, to the west of Murton village, is 594 metres (1,949 ft) high and a triangulation point , it is a south-westerly outlier of Murton Fell , which rises to over 670 metres (2,200 ft) at two points. Parts of Murton Fell lie within the British Army ’s Warcop Training Area . South of Murton Pike lies Mickle Fell and Roman Fell, both of which are also part of
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#1732800718362144-524: Was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar , the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu . In 1620, Blaeu became a doctor of law but he joined in the work of his father. In 1635, they published the Atlas Novus (full title: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus ) in two volumes. Joan and his brother Cornelius took over the studio after their father died in 1638. Blaeu became the official cartographer of
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