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Carlisle Library : Map 16

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1690s, published London, 1701-04.
(A closer look is needed to see if this is the edition amended by Herman Moll, publisher 1708-46.)
   Morden 1701
map feature:- wreath cartouche & compass rose & up is N & scale lines & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & forests & parks & county & wards & table of wards & settlements & roads (minimal)
inscription:- printed wreathl cartouche, lower right
CUMBERLAND / By Robt. Morden.
inscription:- printed with scale lines
A Scale of 10 Miles / G / M / S
great, middle and small
scale line, great:- 10 miles = 37.6 mm
scale line, middle:- 10 miles = 34.6 mm
scale line, great:- 10 miles = 32.0 mm
wxh, sheet:- 17x22.5cm
wxh, map:- 168x217mm
scale:- 1 to 460000 ? (1 to 463343 from average of scale lines assuming a statute mile)