Bacon 1896-1902
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Map, colour lithograph, Bacon's Map of Cumberland and
Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by George W
Bacon and Co, 127 Strand, London, 1896-1902.
Includes Lancashire north of the sands, and minimal detail in surrounding counties. |
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Bacon 1896-1902 | |
| map feature:- | mounted (linen) & folded & card cover & colour printed & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & index grid (5 mile squares) & sea tinted & coast line & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & spot heights & lakes & woods & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals | |
| inscription:- |
printed cover
SHOWING DANGER HILLS / BACON'S COUNTY MAP / AND / GUIDE / CUMBERLAND / WITH PARTS OF ADJOINING COUNTIES / FOR CYCLISTS AND TOURISTS. / On Cloth, In Case, 1s. net. / LONDON : G. W. BACON & Co., Ltd., 127, STRAND. black and red on grey; gentleman and lady cyclists on a road by the Thames at Windsor |
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| inscription:- |
printed upper left
BACON'S / MAP OF / CUMBERLAND / AND / WESTMORLAND / DIVIDED INTO 5 MILE SQUARES. |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 75.2 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 210000 ? (1 to 214009 from scale line) | |
| wxh, folded:- | 10x17.5cm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 51.5x65cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 481x613mm | |
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| An edition of this map has been seen in a different cover:- | ||
| 'SHOWING DANGER HILLS / THE CUMBRIAN CYCLE CO.'S COUNTY MAP AND GUIDE / CUMBERLAND / [gentleman and lady on bicycles] THE ROVER CYCLES / Revised according to the latest Ordnance Survey / ALL MAIN ROADS ARE SPECIALLY COLOURED / On Cloth .. 1s. / THE CUMBRIAN CYCLE CO., Wholesale Cycle Factors, WORKINGTON. / WITH ROUTE GUIDE'S | ||