|
|
|
|
item:- Kendal Library : Map
30
|
|
|
Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 8
miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, first published in the
London Magazine, London, 1753.
Possibly the map as published in Historical Descriptions of
New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of
England and Wales, published by Alexander Hogg, London,
1787-89.
|
|
|
Kitchin 1750s
|
|
map feature:-
|
monumental cartouche & coat of arms (Appleby) &
table of symbols & compass rose & up is N &
scale line & lat and long scales (W from London,
trapezoid projection) & sea plain & coast form lines
& rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks &
woods & parks & county & settlements & roads
|
|
inscription:-
|
printed title cartouche, lower right
WESTMORE- / LAND / Drawn from ye. best / Authorities /
and Regulated by / Astronl. Observatns. / By T. Kitchin
Geogr.
roll of woollen cloth, straw hats, etc
|
|
inscription:-
|
printed above scale line
British Statue Miles
|
|
scale line:-
|
10 miles = 32.2 mm
|
|
wxh, sheet:-
|
24.5x19.5cm
|
|
wxh, map:-
|
217x167mm
|
|
scale:-
|
1 to 500000 ? (1 to 499796 from scale line)
|