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Geological map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the English Lakes and adjoining country Geologically Coloured, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Ruthven, Kendal, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland and by Ackerman and Co, London, 1855.
Folded and tipped in at the end of A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
   Ruthven 1855
map feature:- north point & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular projection, W from Greenwich) & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals & geology & stratigraphical column
inscription:- printed upper right
MAP / OF THE / ENGLISH LAKES / AND ADJOINING COUNTRY / GEOLOGICALLY COLOURED / BY / JOHN RUTHVEN / OF KENDAL. / 1855.
inscription:- printed bottom left, right, centre
Engd. by W. Banks. Edinburgh. / Entered at Stationer's Hall. / PUBLISHED BY JOHN GARNETT, WINDERMERE. / ACKERMANN & CO. LONDON.
inscription:- printed: above scale line Scale of Miles
scale line:- 5 miles = 36.1 mm
longitude, Kendal:- 2d 47m W
wxh, sheet:- 44.5x49cm
wxh, map:- 421x458mm
scale:- 1 to 220000 ? (1 to 222901 from scale line)
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