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item:- Kendal Library : Map
74
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Mapp of ye Countie of
Westmorland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Richard
Blome, probably engraved by Richard Palmer, published,
London, 1673.
The map has a dedication to and the coat of arms of Sir John
Lowther.
From Britannia: or, A Geographical Description of the
Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ...
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Blome 1673
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map feature:-
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labelled borders & scroll cartouche & up is N &
scale line & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers
& lakes & relief & hillocks & parks &
county & settlements
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, lower right
A MAPP / OF YE COUNTYE OF / WESTMORLAND / DESCRIBED / BY
RIC : BLOME / BY HIS MATY / COMAND
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inscription:-
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printed drape cartouche, upper left; coat of arms, including
the Lowther arms 'or six annulets sable, 3,2,1'
To The Honeble Sr. John / Lowther Seinour of / Lowther
Hall Bart, / This Mapp is Humbly / Dedicated by Ric :
Blome.
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
A Scale of 6 Miles
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scale line:-
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6 miles = 49.3 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 200000 ? (1 to 195863 from scale line wrongly assuming
a statute mile)
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wxh, sheet:-
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31x36.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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248x318mm
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