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Road map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1792, edn 1807.
From Cary's Traveller's Companion, an atlas of turnpike routes, published 1792-1828.
(The reverse is blank.)
   Cary 1790
map feature:- compass rose cartouche & compass rose & up is E & scale line & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & parks & county & settlements & roads & road distances & distances from London & canals
inscription:- printed title cartouche, at top
WESTMORELAND
inscription:- printed either side of the title cartouche
By J. Cary. / Engraver.
inscription:- printed bottom
London Published Jan 1. 1807 by J. Cary Engraver No.181 Strand
scale line:- 10 miles = 21.4 mm
scale:- 1 to 750000 ? (1 to 752030 from scale line)
wxh, sheet:- 11x16.5cm
wxh, map:- 91x131mm