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item:- Armitt Library :
ALMC2008.14.121
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Map, uncoloured engraving, Improved Map of the Counties
of Cumberland and Westmoreland, by Emanuel Bowen, scale
about 5.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Robert Sayer and
John Bennett, 53 Fleet Street, John Bowles, 13 Cornhill, and
Carrington Bowles, 69 St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1777-78.
Included in The Royal English Atlas: Being A New and
Accurate Set of Maps Of All The Counties of South Britain.
The map is reduced from a larger map by Emanuel Bowen or
Thomas Kitchin.
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Bowen 1763
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map feature:-
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monumental cartouche & vignettes & descriptive text
& table of symbols & compass rose (aligned to lat
and long grid) & up is N & scale line & lat and
long scales (West Long. from London; rectangular projection)
& lat and long grid & sea plain & coast shaded
& rivers & bridges & lakes & relief &
hillocks & woods & forests & parks & county
& wards & settlements & roads & post roads
& road distances & market days
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inscription:-
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printed monumental cartouche, upper left
An IMPROVED MAP of / the COUNTIES of / CUMBERLAND / and /
WESTMORELAND / Divided into their respective / WARDS. /
Drawn from the best Authorities, / Adorned with a VIEW of
the / Cathedral Church of Carlile, / with some account of
the Diocese, / & other Historical Extracts. / By Eman :
Bowen / Geograpr. to His late Majesty.
a ruin in a scene with lake and mountains, bolts of woollen
cloth, straw hats
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inscription:-
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printed bottom
London Printed for Robt. Sayer & John Bennett, No.53,
Fleet Stret, John Bowles, No.13, Cornhill, & Carrington
Bowles, No.69 St Pauls Church Yard, as the Act directs, 1st.
June 1777.
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inscription:-
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printed above scale line
British Statute Miles
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scale line:-
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16 miles = 77.1 mm
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longitude, Kendal:-
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2d 50.8m W
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scale:-
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1 to 330000 ? (1 to 333975 from scale line)
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wxh, sheet:-
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46x55cm
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wxh, plate:-
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416x514mm
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wxh, map:-
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402x501mm
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