Black 1841 map
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item:- Kendal Library : Map 161 |
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Map, uncoloured engraving, The Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5
miles to 1 inch, by W Hughes, published by Adam and Charles
Black, North Bridge, Edinburgh, 1841; version about 1850?
Inset Plan of the Ruins of Furness Abbey. The railways shown are - Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, open 1836; Maryport and Carlisle Railway, open 1840-45; Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, open 1846; Kendal and Windermere Railway, open 1846-47; Whitehaven Junction Railway, open 1846-47; Furness Railway, open 1846-48; Cockermouth and Workington Railway, open 1847; Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, open 1849-50; |
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Black 1841 map | |
| map feature:- | sectioned for folding (5x4) & mounted & folded & card cover (ripped off) & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (trapezoidal projection; Longitude West from Greenwich) & lat and long grid (10x10mins) & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & spot heights & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & sands roads & railways & canals & inset map (Plan of the Ruins of FURNESS ABBEY) | |
| inscription:- |
printed lower left
THE / LAKE DISTRICT / OF / CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, / AND / LANCASHIRE. / BY W. HUGHES. |
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printed bottom right
Drawn & Engraved by W. Highes, 6 Brook Street, Holborn, London. / Edinburgh : Published by A. & C. Black. |
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printed above scale line
Scale of Miles : 69.14 to a Degree. |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 74.9 mm (approx) | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 41x51cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 364x467mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 210000 ? (1 to 214866 from scale line) | |