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Bowles's Pocket atlas of the counties of South Britain or England and Wales drawn to one scale by which the true proportion they severally bear to each other may be easily ascertained with the measured distances from London by the nearest roads annexed, to all the cities, borough & market towns in the kingdom : being the only set of counties, ever published on this plan
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Bowles's Pocket atlas of the counties of South Britain or England and Wales drawn to one scale [cartographic material] : by which the true proportion they severally bear to each other may be easily ascertained with the measured distances from London by the nearest roads annexed, to all the cities, borough & market towns in the kingdom : being the only set of counties, ever published on this plan.
Published
London : Printed for & sold by the proprietor Carington Bowles, no. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, [ca. 1781?]
Physical Description
1 atlas ([100] leaves of plates, some folded) : 57 maps ; 22 cm (8vo)
Cartographic Detail
Scale [ca. 1:500,000].
Local Notes
BEIN Osborn pc353: Inscriptions: G.H. Clapp[?]; John Laroche, 1774. Presentation inscription to G.H. Tidcombe from Miss Jones of Hammersmith Terrace.
Notes
"Bowles's reduced map of England & Wales" has scale ca. 1:5,000,000.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2008
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Atlases - Great Britain - 1781.
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