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Map, uncoloured engraving, Mapp of York Shire, scale
about 7 miles to 1 inch, by Richard Blome, 1670, probably
engraved by Richard Palmer, published, London, 1673.
The map has a dedication to and the coat of arms of Charles
Lord Fairfax.
Included in Britannia: or, A Geographical Description of the
Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ...
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Blome 1673
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map feature:-
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labelled borders (English) & up is N & scale line
& sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & relief
& hillocks & woods & parks & county &
hundreds & table of hundreds & settlements
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inscription:-
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printed lower centre
A MAPP of YORK SHIRE With its Divisions and Hundreds
London printed for Ric : Blome 1670
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inscription:-
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printed upper right
To ye Honble. Charles Ld. / Fairfax Visct. Emula in ye /
Kingdome of Ireland &. This / Mapp is humbly Dedicated by /
Ric : Blome
coat of arms and drape cartouche
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
A Scale of 10 Miles
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 36.6 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 440000 ? (1 to 439711 from scale line wrongly assuming
a statute mile)
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wxh, sheet:-
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28.5x22.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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280x205mm
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