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map type:- Cary 1796
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Map, Cary's Reduction of his Large Map of England and
Wales, scale about 15 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1796.
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(example British Loibrary : K.Top.V.90)
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map feature:-
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table of symbols & compass rose & up is N &
scale line & lat and long scales (conical projection,
prime meridian at Greenwich) & sea plain & shipping
routes (none for Cumberland) & coast shaded & rivers
& lakes & county & settlements & roads &
turnpike roads & road distances & distances from
London & electoral data & canals
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inscription:-
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printed upper right
CARY'S / Reduction of his Large / MAP / of / ENGLAND AND
WALES, / WITH PART OF SCOTLAND, / Comprehending the whole of
the / TURNPIKE ROADS, / with the Great Rivers and the Course
of the different / NAVIGABLE CANALS : / ALSO, / The Market
and Borough Towns, and principal places adjoining the Road,
/ to which is added, / the actual distance from one Market
Town to another; / WITH / The exact admeasurement prefixed
to each from the Metropolis. // PUBLISHED / By order of, /
And DEDICATED (with Permisson) to / The Right Honourable /
The Post Masters General, / By their Lordships, / much
Obliged and Obedient Servant, / JOHN CARY.
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inscription:-
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printed lower centre
London : Published by J. Cary, Engraver & Map-seller,
181, Strand Feby. 20. 1796
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wxh, sheet:-
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61.5x75.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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613x746mm
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
British Statute Miles
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scale line:-
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60 miles = 99.9 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 970000 ? (1 to 966573 from scale line)
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sources:-
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British Library : K.Top.V.90
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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British Library : K.Top.V.90
-- road map -- Map of England and Wales
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