Ogilby 1699 map
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title cartouche
plain cartouche |
Printed upper left is a plain cartouche
A New Map of the Roads of ENGLAND Shewing the Reputed distances from one town to another Note that the market Townes are marked thus + |
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sea area
sea plain coast line coast shaded |
The sea is plain with some sea areas labelled, eg:-
BRITTISH SEA THE CHANNEL The coast line is shaded. |
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| rivers |
very few rivers are shewn. Estuaries are suggested and a
few of the larger rivers labelled, eg:-
Thames R. Severn R. |
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| county |
County boundaries are discreet dotted lines, drawn to
enclose the places on the orad diagrams that lie in a
county, with no regard for the shapes of counties, which
were far better known.
Each county is labelled in italic block caps, eg:- CUMBERLAND WESTMORLAND |
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| settlements |
Settlements are mostly shown by labelling only. London is
an exception, marked by a cluster of buildings and towers.
The importance of places is not differentiated by the
labelling; market towns are marked with a cross.
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cities
towns villages |
Labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Carlisle Kendal |
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| roads |
Roads are shown by a broad double line. These are drawn
as a diagram, not intended to be an accurate represenation
of the roads' routes across the country. They spread out
from London going about the right direction. Some roads are
labelled, eg:-
Lancaster and Carlisle Road |
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| road distances |
There are arabic numbers in the road giving the distance
of one town from the last, travelling out from London. The
total of the road distances to York being 143 miles I assume
that the reputed miles mentioned in the title cartouche are
the computed distances, not standard miles.
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| Westmorland and Cumberland Roads | ||
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the road that is relevant to Westmorland and Cumberland are
listed below. It is clear to anyone who knows an area how
much the roads are not-to-scale.
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