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Map, colour lithograph, Map of the English Lake District, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by John Bartholomew and Son, Edinburgh, published by T Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, and Edinburgh and New York, United States, 1859.
The routes, road or rail, corresponding to itineraries in the guide book are tinted red and numbered to link to the book.
Folded and tipped in opposite p.9 of a guide book, The English Lakes in Nelson's Handbooks for Tourists series.
   Nelson 1859 map
map feature:- folded (4x3) & table of symbols & up is N & scale line & sea tinted & coast line & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & canals & railways
inscription:- printed lower left
MAP / OF THE / ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT.
inscription:- printed bottom right, centre
Drawn & Engraved by J. Bartholomew & Son, Edin. / PUBLISHED BY T. NELSON & SONS, LONDON & EDINBURGH.
inscription:- printed with scale line
British Miles
scale line:- 10 miles = 68.8 mm
wxh, sheet:- 31.5x40cm
wxh, folded:- 9.5x17cm
wxh, map:- 287x357mm
scale:- 1 to 230000 ? (1 to 233916 from scale line)