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map type:-
BP 1950s
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Pictorial map, The Lake District, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by Goetz, published by BP, London, about 1950.
The map is illustrated with scenes of places and events, and has vignettes of Robert Southey, William Wordworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The reverse has descriptions of Some Sights to See.
(example JandmN (189))
map feature:- title cartouche & scroll cartouche & vignettes & up is N & sea tinted & coast line & lakes & county & settlements & roads & descriptive text
inscription:- printed title cartouche, lower left
The Lake District / is the Poets' Corner of England. ...
inscription:- printed lower left
Goetz
inscription:- printed cover
BP / Pictorial / Map / The Lake District / POETS' CORNER OF ENGLAND
view of ?Derwent Water
wxh, sheet:- 43x25.5cm
wxh, map:- 420x244mm
scale:- 1 to 220000 ? (estimate)
sources:- JandMN Collection

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   JandMN (189) -- map -- Lake District