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Cary 1798 map 2
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Map, Environs of the Lakes, Westmorland, Cumberland etc, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798? 9th edn 1821 and 11th edn 1828.
Included in Cary's New Itinerary, 9th edn 1821, and 11th edn 1828.
(I have not found out what map/s exist in the first, 1798, and other editions of the itinerary.)
(map example Dove Cottage : 2007.38.115)
map feature:- up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & woods & trees & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & canals
inscription:- printed top, left, centre and right
NINTH EDITION / ENVIRONS OF THE LAKES / For Cary's New Itinerary
inscription:- printed bottom (trimmed off)
[... G & J Cary ... 1821 ]
inscription:- printed above and by scale line
SCALE / Miles
wxh, sheet:- 23.5x18cm
wxh, map:- 214x169mm
scale line:- 7 miles = 34.8 mm
scale:- 1 to 320000 ? (1 to 323719 from scale line wrongly assuming a statute mile)
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sources:- David Webb Collection
Wordsworth Trust Collection

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Dove Cottage : 2007.38.115 -- map -- Environs of the Lakes
   private collection (20_2) -- road map -- Environs of the Lakes