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Map, Cumberland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
First published in an edition of Camden's Britannia; this edition included in the New British Atlas, published by John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London, 1805.
   Cary 1789
map feature:- compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & woods & parks & county & wards (hundreds?) & table of wards (hundreds) & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed lower right
A / MAP / of / CUMBERLAND / from the best / AUTHORITIES. / Published by John Stockdale Piccadilly 26th. March 1805. / Engraved by J. Cary.
inscription:- printed left
REFERENCES to the WARDS / 1. Eskdale Ward / 2. Leath Ward / 3. Allerdale Ward below Derwent / 4. Allerdale Ward above Derwent / 5. Cumberland Ward
inscription:- printed above scale line
Scale of Statute Miles 69 1/4 to a Degree of Latitude.
scale line:- 12 miles = 91.3 mm
wxh, sheet:- 55.5x43.5cm
wxh, plate:- 517x412mm
wxh, map:- 508x402mm
scale:- 1 to 210000 ? (1 to 211524 from scale line)