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A new travelling map of the country round London : extending from north to south 190 miles, and from east to west 150 miles; on which are delineated from an actual survey, all the turnpike & principal cross roads, (with the distances from place to place according to the mile stones,) cities, market towns, churches, rivers, remarkable hills, noblemens & gentlemens seats, and the sea coast of the British Channel from Lowestoft to Weymouth
Title
A new travelling map of the country round London : extending from north to south 190 miles, and from east to west 150 miles; on which are delineated from an actual survey, all the turnpike & principal cross roads, (with the distances from place to place according to the mile stones,) cities, market towns, churches, rivers, remarkable hills, noblemens & gentlemens seats, and the sea coast of the British Channel from Lowestoft to Weymouth / by Jno. Andrews and A. Dury ; September 30, 1776 ; compiled & drawn by John Andrews.
Publication
[London?] : Publish'd according [to] Act of Pa[rlia]ment [Septr. 30]th 1776 by [John] And[rews] [...] Andrew D[ury], [1776]
Physical Description
1 map on 2 sheets ; 50 x 123 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:250,000 (W 2°39'00"--E 1°45'00"/N 52°29'00"--N 50°30'00").
Local Notes
BEIN 32 1776: Imperfect: both sheets chipped and torn around edges and along folds, with loss of map image and text. County borders hand colored.
Notes
Description based on an imperfect copy; the bottom of the first sheet is torn, affecting imprint and other text below the neat line.
Relief shown pictorially.
Bar scale with scale statement, "Scale of English statute miles 69 1/2 to a degree."
Prime meridian: London. Coordinates converted by cataloger to express longitude as measured from the Greenwich meridian.
"Longitude west from St. Pauls to Bristol, according to observations taken by Mr. Bo[?] [...] [17]61, is 2 degrees, 31 minutes."
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 05, 2008
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Maps.
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