Cary 1790
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Road map, hand coloured engraving, Lancashire, scale
about 18 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London,
1790, edn 1792.
The reverse is Leicestershire. Included in Cary's Traveller's Companion, an atlas of turnpike routes, from 1790 onwards. |
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Cary 1790 | |
| map feature:- | compass rose cartouche & compass rose & up is N & scale line & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & parks & county & settlements & roads & turnpike roads & road distances & distances from London & canals | |
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LANCASHIRE |
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By J. Cary. / Engraver. |
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London. Published Sepr. 1. 1792 by J. Cary Engraver No.181 Strand |
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Scale of Statute Miles |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 14.2 mm | |
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LEICESTERSHIRE |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 10.5x16cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 92x132mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 1100000 ? (1 to 1133341 from scale line) | |