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map type:- AA 1920s
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Road map, The Automobile Association Touring Map of
England and Wales, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, published
for the AA by John Bartholomew and Sons, The Geographical
Institute, Duncan Street, Edinburgh, about 1920s.
An inset map at a smaller scale shows Industrial and
Congested Areas, including the coastal part of Cumbria from
Maryport to south of Egremont.
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(map example JandMN (123))
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map feature:-
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sectioned for folding & mounted & folded & table
of symbols & up is N & scale line & lat and long
scales & lat and long grid & sea tinted & coast
tinted & rivers & lakes & relief & contours
& layer colouring & table of heights & county
& settlements & roads & railways & shipping
routes & inset map
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inscription:-
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printed
upper right : THE / AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION / TOURING MAP
/ OF / ENGLAND & WALES / ENGRAVED AND PUBLISHED BY JOHN
BARTHOLOMEW & SON, LTD.
AA badge
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inscription:-
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printed bottom left and right
COPYRIGHT / JOHN BARTHOLOMEW & SON, LTD., EDINBURGH
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inscription:-
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printed cover
AA / THE / AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION / TOURING MAP OF /
ENGLAND & WALES / TWELVE MILES TO AN INCH / Price 6s. 6d.
Nett / PUBLISHED BY / JOHN BARTHOLOMEW & SON, LTD., / The
Geographical Institute, EDINBURGH
colour scene of tourists in an open tourer motor car,
carrying an AA badge, using a map, drawn by A.S.K.
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wxh, folded:-
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13x22cm
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wxh, sheet:-
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76x97cm
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wxh, map (including gaps):-
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738x938mm
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scale line:-
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35 miles = 74.1 mm (approx)
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scale:-
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1 to 760000 ? (1 to 760149 from scale line)
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sources:-
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JandMN Collection
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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JandMN (123)
-- road map -- Automobile Association Touring Map of
England and Wales
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