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item:- private collection
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image:- ©
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Road map, uncoloured engraving, A New Map of England and
Wales, scale about 20 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary,
published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London,
11th edn 1828.
The map is an index map for Cary's New Itinerary, 11th edn,
1828, having route references printed by roads on the map.
It shows the principal roads of the country graded as
Direct, Mail, or Cross roads. The map seems to be printed on
two pieces of paper which are tipped in to face each other
at the end of the preface.
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Cary 1798 map 1
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map feature:-
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folded (printed in sections, leaving margins within the map
for the folds) & oval cartouche & up is N &
scale line & sea plain & coast shaded & county
& table of data (counties) & settlements & roads
& post roads
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, lower left
A / NEW MAP / OF / ENGLAND AND WALES, / ADAPTED TO /
CARY'S NEW ININERARY, / SHEWING / the Whole of the Rods,
Direct & Cross / CONTAINED / In that Work.
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inscription:-
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printed bottom centre
London : Published by G. & J. Cary No.86 St. James's
Street.
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inscription:-
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printed
REFERENCES / ... / 35 Lancashire / 36 Yorkshire / 37
Westmoreland / 38 Cumberland / 39 Durham / 40
Northumberland
table of counties
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scale line:-
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50 miles = 62.6 mm
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wxh, sheet:-
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42.5x53cm
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wxh, map:-
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41x50.5cm (?)
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scale:-
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1 to 1300000 ? (1 to 1285419 from scale line)
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