Baines 1829 map

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	map type:- Baines 1829 map
	Map of the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by/for Edward Baines, engraved by W H Lizars, Edinburgh, published by Hurst, Chance and Co, London et al, 1830. Tipped in as the frontisiece to a Companion to the Lakes by Edward Baines jnr. The map for the 2nd edn of the guide book is noted in the book's preface:- 'The MAP with which the work is embellished will be found strictly faithful, having been carefully corrected down to the year 1830. It is also engraved with a clearness and distinctness rarely perceived in maps of mountainous countries, which will assist the traveller in consulting it.'
	(example map Kendal Library (14_1))
	map feature:-	up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast shaded & coast tinted & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & table of heights & woods & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & canals
	inscription:-	printed title MAP OF THE LAKES / OF / Westmoreland, Cumberland / AND / LANCASHIRE. / 1830.
	inscription:-	printed bottom left, right, centre Published by Hurst, Chance & Co. London; John Baines & Co. Leeds, & Wales & Baines, Liverpool. / W. H. Lizars Sculpt. Edinr. / For Baines's 'Companion to the Lakes.'
	inscription:-	printed above the scale line SCALE.
	wxh, sheet:-	27x35cm
	wxh, map:-	241x294mm
	scale line:-	8 miles = 48.9 mm
	scale 1 to 260000 ? (1 to 263287 from the scale line assuming a statute mile):-
	sources:-	Armitt Library Kendal Library Maps
	items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
		Armitt Library : A1107.1 -- map -- Map of the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland and Lancashire
		Kendal Library : Map 130 -- map -- Map of the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland and Lancashire
		Kendal Library (14_1) -- map -- Map of the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland and Lancashire

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