Rocque 1760s
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item:- Hampshire Museums : D1991.1 |
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Jigsaw puzzle, wood, Traveller's Companion, or Post Roads
of England and Wales, engraving, scale about 1 to 1100000,
say 17 miles to 1 inch, by John Rocque, map maker died 1762,
published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1786.
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Rocque 1760s | |
| jigsaw feature:- | hand coloured (borders) & 80 piece & big piece & non interlocking pieces & interlocking border & hand cut & paper backed & picture pieces (counties) & picture outline (sea around the island) | |
| map feature:- | up is N & lat and long scales (mostly cut off) & lat and long grid & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & county (jigsaw pieces) & settlements & roads & post roads & road distances | |
| wxh:- | 47x54cm (approx) | |
| scale:- | 1 to 1100000 (estimated) | |