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map type:- Moll 1717
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Road map, A Pocket Companion of ye Roads of ye South Part
of Great Britain called England and Wales, scale about 33
miles to 1 inch, by Herman Moll, 1717.
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(example British Library : K.Top.V.85)
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map feature:-
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plain cartouche & table of symbols & compass rose
& up is N & scale line & lat and long scales
(conical projection; prime meridian thro centre of London)
& time from London (lower longitude scale) & lat and
long grid (1x1degrees) & sea plain & coast shaded
& rivers & lakes & county & settlements
& roads & road distances
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, upper right
A Pocket Companion of ye ROADS, / of ye South Part of /
GREAT BRITAIN, / Called ENGLAND and WALES. / ... / By Herman
Moll Geographer, 1717.
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wxh, sheet:-
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32x29.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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297x274mm
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
Miles of G. Britain 60 in One Degree
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scale line:-
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30 miles = 22.8 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 2100000 ? (1 to 2117558 from scale line)
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sources:-
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British Library : K.Top.V.85
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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British Library : K.Top.V.85
-- road map -- Pocket Companion of ye Roads of ye South
Part of Great Britain
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