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Bartholomew 1900
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General Map of the Lake District, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, and associated part maps, by John Bartholomew and Co, Edinburgh, Lothian, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1900.
Published with 'BLACK'S GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES EDITED BY A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF EDITOR OF 'WHERE SHALL WE GO,' 'WHERE TO GO ABROAD,' ETC. / TWENTY-THIRD EDITION LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1900'
The guide book includes a Sketch Map to accompany Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes, by John Bartholomew and Co, Edinburgh, Lothian, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1900.
also a series of section maps in a similar style to the pocket map, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Bartholomew and Co, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
Section Map 1, the area around Windermere and Esthwaite Water.
Section Map 2, the area around Great Mell Fell, north west of Ullswater.
Section Map 3, the area around Helvellyn, Fairfield, High Street, with Ullswater, Haweswater etc.
Section Map 4, the area around Ambleside with Grasmere and part of lake Windermere.
Section Map 5, the area around the Old Man of Coniston, Coniston Water, Broughton Moor etc.
Section Map 6, the area around Keswick, the south of Bassenthwaite Lake and north of Derwent Water.
Section Map 7, the area from Crummock Water and Buttermere, across Borrowdale, to Thirlmere.
Section Map 8, the area from Wastwater, across Scafell, to the Langdale Pikes.
and a series of area maps also by John Bartholomew and Co, which use hill hachuring instead of layer colouring, at smaller scales:-
Map, Ullswater, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, the area around Ullswater, Haweswater and Penrith.
Map, Windermere, Coniston and Grasmere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, the area around Coniston Water, Esthwaite Water, Windermere, and Grasmere.
Map, Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, the area Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick, and Derwent Water.
Map, Buttermere, Crummock and Lowes Water, scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, the area around Loweswater, Crummock Water and Buttermere lake.
Map, Wast Water Etc, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, the area from Ravenglas to Keswick with Derwent Water, Crummock Water, Ennerdale Water, Buttermere lake, and Wast Water.
(map example JandMN (37_1))
map feature:- up is N & scale line & table of symbols & sea tinted & coast line & rivers & lakes & relief & contours & layer colouring & table of heights & settlements & roads & railways
inscription:- printed lower left
GENERAL MAP OF / THE LAKE DISTRICT
inscription:- printed bottom, left and right
COPYRIGHT / JOHN BARTHOLOMEW & CO., EDINR.
scale line:- 6 miles = 49.9 mm
scale:- 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 193508 from scale line)
wxh, sheet:- 39.5x45.5cm
wxh, map:- 365x429mm
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sources:- JandMN Collection


items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   JandMN (37_1) -- map -- General Map of the Lake District
   JandMN (37_2) -- map -- Sketch Map to accompany Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes
   JandMN (37_3) -- map
   JandMN (37_5) -- map
   JandMN (37_6) -- map -- Ullswater
   JandMN (37_7) -- map
   JandMN (37_9) -- map -- Windermere, Coniston and Grasmere
   JandMN (37_10) -- map
   JandMN (37_11) -- map
   JandMN (37_13) -- map
   JandMN (37_15) -- map -- Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite
   JandMN (37_16) -- map
   JandMN (37_17) -- map
   JandMN (37_18) -- map -- Buttermere, Crummock and Lowes Water
   JandMN (37_20) -- map -- Wast Water Etc