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map type:- Bowen 1773
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A General Plan of the Several Canals given in the Course
of this Magazine, engraved by Thomas Bowen, published by the
Gentleman's Magazine, 1773.
Tipped in opposite vol.43 p.221.
The map includes England from Kendal in the north, St Asaph
in the west, to just south of Reading.
'Explanation of the Letters in the Plan. / a b mark the
Lancaster Canal 72 1/2 [Miles] ...'
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(example Armitt Library : Gents Mag 1773.1)
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map feature:-
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baroque cartouche & compass rose & up is N & sea
plain & coast form lines & rivers & county (some
delimited) & settlements & canals
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inscription:-
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printed top
Gent. Mag. May 1773.
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inscription:-
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printed upper right in baroque cartouche
A / GENERAL / PLAN / of the several CANALS / given / in
the Course of this / Magazine
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inscription:-
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printed bottom right
Thos. Bowen sculpt.
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wxh, sheet:-
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25x21cm
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wxh, map:-
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205x174mm
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sources:-
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Armitt Library
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Armitt Library : Gents Mag
1773.1
-- canal map -- General Plan of the Several Canals given in
the Course of this Magazine
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