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Map, hand coloured engraving, Environs of the Lakes, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798, 9th edn 1821.
From the road book, Cary's New Itinerary.
   Cary 1798 map 2
map feature:- up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & canals
inscription:- printed top, left, centre and right
NINTH EDITION / ENVIRONS OF THE LAKES / For Cary's New Itinerary
inscription:- printed bottom (trimmed off)
[... G & J Cary ... 1821 ]
inscription:- printed above and by scale line
SCALE / Miles
scale line:- 7 miles = 34.8 mm
scale:- 1 to 320000 ? (1 to 323719 from scale line assuming a statute mile)
wxh, sheet:- 23.5x18cm
wxh, map:- 214x169mm