Traveller's Companion
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map type:- Rocque 1771 |
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Road map, The Traveller's Companion or The Post Roads of
England and Wales, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, by John
Rocque, published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London,
1771.
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(example British Library : K.Top.V.88)
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| map feature:- | vignettes (scenes of travellers on horseback and in a carriage) & up is N & lat and long scales (conical projection, prime meridian thro centre of London) & lat and long grid (1x1degrees) & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & county & settlements & roads & road distances & distances from London | |
| inscription:- |
printed upper right
THE / TRAVELLER'S COMPANION / OR THE POST ROADS OF / ENGLAND AND WALES; / with the Distances in Measured Miles. / By the late / JOHN ROCQUE Chorographer to the KING // LONDON : / Printed for ROBT. SAYER, Map and Printseller, / at No.53, in Fleet Street / Publish'd as ye Act directs 1, Octr. / 1771 |
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| inscription:- |
printed top left
Carte d'Angleterre avec les Routes et Distances Marque en Milles Anglois Par le Sr. J. Rocque |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 52.5x55cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 514x514mm | |
| inscription:- |
printed with scale line
British Miles 69 1/2 to a Degree |
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| scale line:- | 70 miles = 82.7 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 1400000 ? (1 to 1362202 from scale line) | |
| sources:- |
British Library : K.Top.V.88 |
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| items seen (illustrated items in bold):- | ||
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British Library : K.Top.V.88 -- road map -- Traveller's Companion -- Post Roads of England and Wales | |