Bowen 1779
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item:- Carlisle Library : Map 46 image:- © Carlisle Library |
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Map, hand coloured engraving, A Plan of Solway Moss,
scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Bowen, published by
D Henry, St John's Gate, London, February 1779.
Tipped in opposite p.65 of the Gentleman's Magazine, by Sylvanus Urban. The map accompanies a report of the eruption of the moss, November 1771, by JF. |
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Bowen 1779 | |
| map feature:- | baroque cartouche & north point & up is NW (WNW) & scale line & rivers & settlements & roads | |
| inscription:- |
printed scroll cartouche, upper middle
A PLAN OF / SOLWAY MOSS, / in / CUMBERLAND. |
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| inscription:- |
printed bottom right
T. Bowen Sculpt. |
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printed with scale line
Scale / 1 Mile |
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| scale line:- | 1 mile = 24.7 mm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 13x21cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 104x127mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 65000 ? (1 to 65156 from scale line, assuming a statute mile) | |