Blaeu 1645
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item:- Carlisle Library : Map 25 |
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria vulgo Cumberland,
scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by Johann Blaeu, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, 1646-64.
The text on the reverse is pp.385, 386 in Dutch; the map is from a Dutch edition of Bleau's atlas, for example Tooneel des Aerdrycks, oft Nieuwe Atlas, uytgegeven door Wilhelm en Joan Blaeu. Vierde Deel. Amsterdami, Apud Iohannem Blaeu. MDCXLVI ie in 1646, but perhaps editions 1647, 1648 or 1664. |
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Blaeu 1645 | |
| inscription:- |
printed title
CUMBRIA; / vulgo / CUMBERLAND |
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| inscription:- |
printed rev, p.385
CUMBERLAND. / Voor Westmore-landt strekt zich ten westen Cumbria, ghemeenlijk Cumberland ... |
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| scale line:- | 8 miles = 56.8 mm | |
| wxh, map:- | 499x415mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 230000 ? (1 to 226668 from scale line, wrongly assuming a statute mile) | |