Jefferys 1770
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item:- Kendal Library : Map 141 |
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Map, 4 sheets, uncoloured engraving, the County of
Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768,
and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
There is an inset Plan of Kendal. The decoration around the title is a mountain scene, on a bridge are three surveyors, one with a waywiser. |
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Jefferys 1770 | |
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printed lower right
THE COUNTY / OF / WESTMORELAND, / SURVEYED / Anno MDCCLXVIII / and Engraved by / THOMAS JEFFERYS / Geographer to His / MAJESTY / MDCCLXX. |
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dedication: printed upper left
To the / Nobilty Gentry / CLERGY and FREEHOLDERS / OF THE / COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND / Subscribers to this SURVEY. / This MAP is humbly Inscribed / By their most Obedient and / Devoted Servant / Thomas Jefferys. |
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printed with scale line
SCALE / Geographical Miles 60 to a Degree |
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| scale line:- | 4+1 miles = 143.7 mm | |
| inscription:- |
printed with scale line
Statute Miles 69 1/2 to a Degree |
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| scale line:- | 4+1 miles = 123.3 mm | |
| wxh, sheet A:- | 54x49.5cm | |
| wxh, map A:- | 529x484mm | |
| wxh, sheet B:- | 54x49cm | |
| wxh, map B:- | 527x482mm | |
| wxh, sheet C:- | 53.5x49cm | |
| wxh, map C:- | 531x483mm | |
| wxh, sheet D:- | 54x49cm | |
| wxh, map D:- | 530x484mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 65000 ? (1 to 65261 from Statute mile scale line) | |