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item:- private collection
(19_0)
image:- ©
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Map, hand coloured engraving, the Direct Roads of England
and Wales, scale about 60 miles to 1 inch, engraved by J
Ellis, published by Carington Bowles, 69 St Paul's
Churchyard, London, 1785.
Included in Paterson's British Itinerary, vol.1, by Captain
Daniel Paterson, published by Carington Bowles, London,
1785.
The map has been defaced by an owner marking a journey from
Weymouth to Edinburgh.
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Paterson 1785
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map feature:-
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oval cartouche & compass rose & scale line & sea
plain & coast form lines & settlements & roads
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, upper right
A / New and / GENERAL VIEW / of the / DIRECT ROADS / OF /
ENGLAND & WALES / as described in / PATERSON'S / British
Itinerary. / Printed for CARINGTON BOWLES 3 Jany. 1785.
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inscription:-
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printed bottom right
J. Ellis sc.
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
Scale of British Statute Miles.
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scale line:-
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70+10 miles = 36.3 mm
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wxh, sheet:-
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20x18.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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187x170mm
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scale:-
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1 to 3500000 ? (1 to 3546764 from scale line assuming a
statute mile)
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