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Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1690s, published 1701, amended by Herman Moll, 1704, published by Thomas Cox, at The Lamb, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London, 1720-31?
Folded and tipped into Magna Britannia at the start of the county chapter.
   Morden 1708
map feature:- scroll cartouche & compass rose & up is N (roughly) & scale lines & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & parks & county & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed in scroll cartouche, upper left
WESTMORLAND / By Robt. Morden.
inscription:- printed with scale lines
A Scale of 5 Miles
scale line:- 5 miles = 27.6 mm
scale line:- 5 miles = 25.1 mm
scale line:- 5 miles = 23.5 mm
longitude, Kendal:- 2d 26m W
wxh, sheet:- 21.5x33cm
wxh, plate:- 161x212mm
wxh, map:- 158x204mm
scale:- 1 to 320000 ? (1 to 316800 from average of scale lines assuming a statute mile)
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