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map type:-
Bacon 1900s
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Map, Cumberland and Westmorland Lake District, or Waistcoat Pocket Map of Lake District, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, published by G W Bacon and Co, 127 Strand, London, about 1900s?
The copy seen was a lithograph printed on cotton.
(map example private collection (35))
map feature:- folded & card covers & up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:- embossed cover
BACON'S / Waistcoat-Pocket / MAP OF / LAKE DISTRICT
gold on red
inscription:- printed top
CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND LAKE DISTRICT
inscription:- printed bottom left, centre
Divided into 10 mile squares / G. W. BACON AND CO, 127, STRAND, LONDON.
wxh, cover:- 8x11cm
wxh, folded:- 7.5x11cm
wxh, sheet:- 43.5x31.5cm
wxh, map:- 410x282mm
scale line:- 20 miles = 104.3 mm
scale:- 1 to 310000 ? (1 to 308599 from scale line)
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sources:- private collection

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   private collection (35) -- map -- Cumberland and Westmorland Lake District -- Waistcoat Pocket Map of Lake District -- Waistcoat Pocket Maps