Lowes c1800
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Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in
Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 7.5
miles to 1 inch, engraved by J Lowes, published by J Shaw,
Penrith, Cumberland, 1818.
The table of symbols distinguishes 'Roads in which Travellers usually go [double line, solid] Other Roads [double line, dotted]'. Tipped in as frontispiece to A Portable Guide to the Lakes. |
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Lowes c1800 | |
| map feature:- | folded (3x2) & oval cartouche & table of symbols (road types) & compass rose & up is W & scale line & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & forests & county & settlements & roads & sands roads | |
| inscription:- |
printed title cartouche upper left
A MAP / of the / LAKES / in / Cumberland, Westmorland / and / Lancashire. / J Lowes Sculpt. |
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printed with scale line
Scale of Miles |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 34.2 mm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 21x18.5cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 194x160mm | |
| scale:- | ( 1 to 470000 ? 1 to 470568 from scale line assuming a statute mile) | |