Kitchin 1750s

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	item:- Kendal Library : Map 31
	Map, uncoloured 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 = 32.4 mm
	wxh, sheet:-	28.5x20.5cm
	wxh, map:-	218x164mm
	scale:-	1 to 500000 ? (1 to 496711 from scale line)

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