Morden 1708
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Map, hand coloured 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?
From the atlas, Magna Britannia. |
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Morden 1708 | |
| map feature:- | wreath 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. |
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| scale line:- | 5 miles = 27.5 mm | |
| scale line:- | 5 miles = 24.9 mm | |
| scale line:- | 5 miles = 23.3 mm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 22x29cm (roughly) | |
| wxh, plate:- | 160x211mm | |
| wxh, map:- | 158x206mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 320000 ? (1 to 318892 from average of scale lines assuming a statute mile) | |