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item:- National Library of
Scotland : EU18.H (9)
image:- ©
National Library of Scotland
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Map, uncoloured engraving, Britannia Romana, scale about
23 miles to 1 inch, by John Andrews, 211 Piccadilly, London,
1797.
Plate 9 between pp.80-81 of the Historical Atlas of England.
Based on Ptolemy and the Antonine Itineraries.
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Andrews 1797
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map feature:-
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up is N & lat and long scales (from St Paul's, London,
conical projection) & sea plain & coast shaded (?)
& rivers & lakes & settlements & roman roads
& antiquities
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inscription:-
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printed title, upper right
BRITANNIA / ROMANA / collected from / Ptolemy Antonines /
Itinerary / by J. Andrews.
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inscription:-
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printed bottom, right and centre
Drawn & Engraved by J. Andrews / Publish'd as the Act
directs June 17. 1797. by J. Andrews
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scale line:-
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70 miles = 78.7 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 1400000 ? (1 to 1431437 from scale line assuming a
statute mile)
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scale:-
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1 to 1400000 ? (5d latitude = 387mm)
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wxh, map:-
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394x517mm
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