Walton 1679
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item:- British Library : Maps C.45.f.3(33) |
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Road map, A New Map Containing all the Cities in England
and Wales, by Robert Walton, The Globe, St Paul's
Churchyard, and Robert Morden, The Atlas, Cornhill, London,
1679.
The roads are diagramatic, drawn almost straight from place to place. |
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Walton 1679 | |
| map feature:- | decorative cartouche & coat of arms & coat of arms, royal & dedication & table of symbols & compass rose & rhumb lines & up is N & lat and long scales (trapezoidal projection?) & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & county & settlements & roads & post roads & road distances | |
| inscription:- |
printed upper right
A New Map Containing all the Citties, / Market Townes, Rivers, Bridges, & other / co~siderable places in / ENGLAND & WALES. / Wherein are delineated ye Roads from Towne to / Towne, & ye Number of reputed miles between them, are given by inspection without Scale or Compass. / ... / Sold by Rob : Walton at ye Globe in St. Pauls Churchyard. / & by Rob : Morden at ye Atlas in Corn-hill. / LONDON. Mercury with his caduceus, perhaps Athene, a globe, pallet and brushes, books, Neptune with his trident, horses, fruit and foliage ... |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 53x62cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 509x590mm | |
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