Cary 1796

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	item:- British Library : K.Top.V.90
	Map, Cary's Reduction of his Large Map of England and Wales, scale about 15 miles to 1 inch, published by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1796.
		Cary 1796
	map feature:-	table of symbols & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (conical projection, prime meridian at Greenwich) & sea plain & shipping routes (none for Cumberland) & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & county & settlements & roads & turnpike roads & road distances & distances from London & electoral data & canals
	inscription:-	printed upper right CARY'S / Reduction of his Large / MAP / of / ENGLAND AND WALES, / WITH PART OF SCOTLAND, / Comprehending the whole of the / TURNPIKE ROADS, / with the Great Rivers and the Course of the different / NAVIGABLE CANALS : / ALSO, / The Market and Borough Towns, and principal places adjoining the Road, / to which is added, / the actual distance from one Market Town to another; / WITH / The exact admeasurement prefixed to each from the Metropolis. // PUBLISHED / By order of, / And DEDICATED (with Permisson) to / The Right Honourable / The Post Masters General, / By their Lordships, / much Obliged and Obedient Servant, / JOHN CARY.
	inscription:-	printed lower centre London : Published by J. Cary, Engraver & Map-seller, 181, Strand Feby. 20. 1796
	inscription:-	printed with scale line British Statute Miles
	scale line:-	60 miles = 99.9 mm
	wxh, sheet:-	61.5x75.5cm
	wxh, map:-	613x746mm
	scale:-	1 to 970000 ? (1 to 966573 from scale line)

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