Cary 1824

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	item:- Kendal Library : Map 115
	Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of Cumberland, 1824, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1829. The map was used by John Cary for William Smith's geological map, 1824; the explanatory text for the geology remains on the map, but the geological areas are not coloured. Around the map are plain cartouches for the geological tint, left uncoloured, with an explanation, eg - [ ] 33 Grey Slate of Buttermire and Borrowdale, associated with Hornstone, amydaloid & argillaceous Porphyry Characterized by bold towering Crags. Produces Copper and Lead Ore. There is a vignette of The Citadel, Carlisle.
		Cary 1824
	map feature:-	oval cartouche & vignettes (Cumberland Court Houses and Prison) & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & road distances & distances from London & canals & geology
	inscription:-	printed oval cartouche, lower right A / NEW MAP / OF / CUMBERLAND, / DIVIDED INTO FIVE WARDS, / EXHIBITING / Its Road, Rivers, Parks &c. / By JOHN CARY, Engraver. / 1829.
	inscription:-	printed bottom London Published by J. Cary Engraver & Map-seller No.86 St. James's Street. / Note, the numbers attached to the description of each stratum, refer to the Geological Table of British Organized Fossils, which may be had of the Publisher, Price 1s. 6d.
	inscription:-	printed with scale line SCALE / Miles
	scale line:-	12 miles = 90.1 mm
	wxh, sheet:-	51x61.5cm
	wxh, map:-	475x526mm
	scale:-	1 to 210000 ? (1 to 214341 from scale line, assuming a statute mile)

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