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Carlisle Library : Map 144

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1809.
From the re-engraved edition of Cary's New and Correct English Atlas.
   Cary 1809
map feature:- compass rose cartouche & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed lower right in and below cartouche
CUMBERLAND / By JOHN CARY, Engraver.
inscription:- printed bottom
London. Published by J. Cary Engraver & Map-seller, No.181 Strand July 1st. 1809.
inscription:- printed with scale line
British Statute Miles 69 1/2 to a Degree
scale line:- 10 miles = 32.8 mm
wxh, sheet:- 25x31.5cm
wxh, plate:- 238x287mm
wxh, map:- 264x213mm
scale:- 1 to 490000 ? (1 to 490654 from scale line assuming a statute mile)