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Map, hand coloured engaving, plate 54 of a New Map of
England and Wales, parts of the North Sea, scale about 5
miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1794.
At the top of the map is a guide diagram to adjacent pages,
63 to the North, 53 West, 45 South.
All the map shows is part of a label 'A N' from German Ocean
and part of the latitude scale in the map border. One is
reminded that:-
'He had brough a large map representing the sea / Without
the least vestige of land / And the crew were much pleased
when they found it to be / A map they could all understand.'
'"What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, /
Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines? " / So the Bellman would
cry: and the crew would reply, / "They are merely
conventional signs!"'
'"Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
/ But we've got our brave Captain to thank" / (So the crew
would protest) "that he's bought us the best - / A perfect
and absolute blank!"'
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