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Map, uncoloured engraving, A New Map of Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, 1763.
Included in England Illustrated.
   Kitchin 1763
map feature:- baroque cartouche & table of symbols & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & lat and long grid (just) & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed title cartouche, lower right
A New MAP of / CUMBERLAND / Drawn from the best / Authorities : / By Thos. Kitchin Geogr. / Engraver to H.R.H. the / Duke of York.
inscription:- printed above scale line
British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree.
scale line:- 12 miles = 35.8 mm
scale:- 1 to 540000 ? (1 to 539445 from scale line)
wxh, sheet:- 21.5x28cm
wxh, plate:- 202x260mm
wxh, map:- 195x254mm