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item:- JandMN (458)
image:- ©
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Road map, The Cyclist's Route Map of England and Wales,
scale about 15 miles to 1 inch, published by the Bazaar
Exchange and Mart Office, 170 Strand, London, about 1890-96.
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Bazaar 1890
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map feature:-
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folded (6x4) & card cover & advertisements (reverse
of map and cover, one advert mentions 1896) & compass
rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long
scales (trapezoidal projection; longitude from Greenwich)
& sea shaded & coast shaded & rivers & lakes
& county & settlements & roads & turnpike
roads & road distances & distances from London &
electoral data & railways & canals
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inscription:-
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printed title
The / CYCLIST'S / ROUTE MAP OF / ENGLAND & WALES. /
PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF THE BAZAAR EXCHANGE & MART / 170,
STRAND, LONDON. W.C.
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inscription:-
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printed bottom
PRINTED ON PARCHMENT PAPER SPECIALLY MADE FOR THIS
MAP.
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inscription:-
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printed cover
The C[Y ] / ROUTE [ ] / of ENGLAN[D ] / WALES / 1/- NEW
EDITION // LONDON / BAZAAR EXCHANGE & MART OFFICE / 170
STRAND WC
black and grey on red; illustration of 2 cyclists on safety
bicycles of about 1895
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
British Statute Miles
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scale line:-
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60 miles = 101.5 mm
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wxh, cover:-
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12x20.5cm
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wxh, sheet:-
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66.5x79cm
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wxh, map:-
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622x766mm
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scale:-
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1 to 950000 ? (1 to 951336 from scale line)
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