h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There are some interesting maps of old Devon available on the following site

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/dev.htm

One in particular may be worth mentioning here.

Johannes Blaeu's map of 1650, shows detail of villages, towns, cities and hundereds in Devon at the time.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_files/ENG/DEV/blaeu_dev_1650.html

However if you look closely at this map you will notice the reference to 'DANMONII' - the British tribe from which Devon got its name.

This copy shown in the link is not the best for that level of detail (I have access to a full sized copy which helps a fair bit) but that reference can still just about be seen - in central Devon just to the North/East of Dartmoor, next to the town named as Woonford.

I find this reference interesting, and I wonder why Blaeu included it in a 17th century map.

The map is also interesting because it shows slightly different boundaries to those current.