Cary 1789
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item:- Armitt Library : A1213.3 image:- © see bottom of page |
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Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland, scale
about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by John Cary, London,
1789.
The map is sectioned into 4 sheets and inserted in the 5th edition of Thomas West's Guide to the Lakes, 1793. Each section is mounted on paper to provide a safe margin beside the internal cuts. The map was originally published in the William Gough translation of Camden's Britannia, London, 1789. |
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Cary 1789 | |
| map feature:- | compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (very oblique on page) & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & parks & county & wards (hundreds) & settlements & roads | |
| inscription:- |
printed lower centre
A / MAP / of / CUMBERLAND / from the best / AUTHORITIES. / Engraved by J. Cary. |
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| inscription:- |
printed above scale line
Scale of Statute Miles 69 1/4 to a degree of Latitude. |
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| scale line:- | 12 miles = 91.4 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 210000 ? (1 to 211292 from scale line assuming a statute mile) | |