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Carlisle Library : Map 352
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Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, engraved by James Lowes, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, probably about 1800.
The table of symbols distinguishes 'Roads in which Travellers usually go [double line, solid] Other Roads [double line, dotted]'.
   Lowes c1800
map feature:- oval cartouche & table of symbols & compass rose & up is W & scale line & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & forests & county & settlements & roads & sands roads
inscription:- printed upper left
A MAP / of the / LAKES / in / Cumberland, Westmorland / and / Lancashire. / J. Lowes Sculpt.
inscription:- printed with scale line
Scale of Miles
scale line:- 10 miles = 34.2 mm
wxh, sheet:- 22x18.5cm
wxh, map:- 197x161mm
scale:- 1 to 470000 ? (1 to 470568 from scale line)
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