Kitchin 1750s

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	item:- Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.28
	Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, first published in the London Magazine by R Baldwin, at the Rose, Paternoster Row, London, 1753. The map has been crudley trimmed close to its borders, sectioned 2x2 pieces to be folded, and mounted on linen.
		Kitchin 1750s
	map feature:-	monumental cartouche & coat of arms (Appleby) & table of symbols & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (W from London, trapezoid projection) & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & woods & parks & county & settlements & roads
	inscription:-	printed title cartouche, lower right WESTMORE- / LAND / Drawn from ye. best / Authorities / and Regulated by / Astronl. Observatns. / By T. Kitchin Geogr. roll of woollen cloth, straw hats, etc
	inscription:-	printed above scale line British Statue Miles
	inscription:-	ms reverse Westmoreland copper plate script
	scale line:-	10 miles = 31.9 mm
	wxh, map:-	24.5x17.5cm
	wxh, folded:-	11x9cm
	scale:-	1 to 500000 ? (1 to 499796 from scale line)

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