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Oxfordshire actually survey'd &c.
Title
Oxfordshire actually survey'd &c. / I. Oliver, sculp.
Publication
London : Sold by Phil: Overton, mapseller against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet Street, 1715.
Physical Description
1 map on 2 sheets : copperplate engraving ; 107 x 81 cm, sheets 56 x 86 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:100,000 (W 1°42'04"--W 0°51'00"/N 52°10'06"--N 51°26'17").
Local Notes
BEIN 3218 1715: Hand colored. Sheets pasted together.
Notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Two bar scales, one given in "miles of Great Britain," the other given in "statute or common miles."
Numbers in lower and left graticules given as "Distance in statute miles from the meridian of London."
North oriented to the right.
Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
Title in the top right corner, in a decorative cartouche surrounded by Ceres and animals.
Includes four inset illustrations in the top left corner: views of Oxford and the Sheldonian Theatre and elevations of the south front of Blenheim Palace and Blenheim Bridge, and in the bottom right, an inset view of the Bodleian Library, titled "The publick shools in Oxford," above an illustration of a mosaic floor from Stonesfield.
"Humbly dedicated to the Rt. Reverend Father in God George Ld. Bishop of Bristol, dean of Christchurch & lord almoner to His Majesty by His Lordships most obedient servant Phil: Overton."
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 09, 2008
Subjects
Genre/Form
Early maps.
Early works.
Maps.
Maps.
Early maps.
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