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Jigsaw puzzle, map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Roads of England and Wales, scale about 25 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Jefferys, published by Francis Newberry, 20 Ludgate Street, London, late 18th century.
   Jefferys 1760s
map feature:- title cartouche & floral cartouche & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes (few) & relief & hillocks ( a few) & county & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed upper right, floral cartouche
A Map of the / ROADS / of / ENGLAND & WALES / with the exact distances by the / Mile Stones, / between Town and Town. / By Thos. Jefferys, Geographer to the King.
inscription:- printed bottom
London. P[rinted for Francis Newberry No.20] Ludgate Street
inscription:- printed with scale line
English Miles 69 1/2 to a Degree
scale line:- 50 miles = 49.9 mm
wxh, sheet:- 37.5x44.5cm
wxh, map:- 371x438mm
scale:- 1 to 1600000 ? (1 to 1612569 from scale line)
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