Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards
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item:- Carlisle Library : Map 94 image:- © Carlisle Library |
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Chart, uncoloured engraving, England West Coast sheet
XII, Firth of Solway, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed
by C G Robinson, 1837, engraved by J and C Walker, published
by the Hydrographic Office, The Admiralty, London, 1841-58.
An inset map shows the River Nith up to Dumfries. |
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Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards | |
| map feature:- | table of symbols & compass rose & magnetic deviation (24d 25m W) & up is N & lat and long scales & sea plain & depth soundings & depth contours & sandbanks & tidal streams & buoys & anchorages & coast shaded (inland side) & harbours & headlands & foreshore sands & coast views & lighthouses & leading lines & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & county & settlements & roads (few) & railways & inset map | |
| inscription:- |
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... / ENGLAND / WEST COAST / SHEET XII / THE / FIRTH OF SOLWAY / SURVEYED BY COMMR. C. G. ROBINSON R.N. F.G.S. / 1837 / Corrections to 1857 / ... / Natural Scale 1/73,000 / ... |
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| inscription:- |
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London Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty May 13th. 1841. Corrected to June 1844 and Augt. 1856 - 1857 - March 1858. / Sold by J. D. Potter Agent for the Sale of the Admiralty Charts 31 Poultry & 11 King St. Tower Hill. |
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| inscription:- |
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J. & C. Walker. Sculpt. |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 95.5x67cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 925x625mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 73000 ? (nominal) | |
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image:- © Carlisle Library |
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