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Hampshire Museums : FA1997.115
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Road map, uncoloured engraving, Map of all the Direct, and the Principal Cross Roads, in England and Wales, scale about 30 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, published about 1763-64.
Direct and cross roads over the whole country, with road distances; a similar selection to Ogilby's roads.
   Kitchin 1763
map feature:- pictorial cartouche & compass rose & up is N & county & table of counties & settlements & roads & road distances
inscription:- printed cartouche
A / New most / Accurate & Complete / MAP / of all the Direct, and the / Principal Cross ROADS, in / ENGLAND, / and / WALES, / Carefully corrected from / Late Surveys : / with the Distances by the / Mile Stones, / and other most exact / Admensurations between / Town and Town.
landscape and trees, with a post chaise and a milestone
wxh, sheet:- 47x39cm
wxh, plate:- 361x359mm
wxh, map:- 349x346mm
scale:- 1 to 1900000 ? (1 to 1913187 from London to Bristol distance)
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