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map type:- Donald
1783
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Map, The County of Cumberland, scale about 2 miles to 1
inch, surveyed by Thomas Donald, 1770-71, published by
Thomas Donald and Joseph Hodskinson, 35 Arundel Street,
Strand, London, 1783.
This is a reduced version on one sheet of the 6 sheet 1 inch
to 1 mile map published from 1774.
Published as a 2nd edn by William Faden, Charing Cross,
London, 1810.
Published in a 3rd edn by James Wyld.
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Donald 1774 |
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Faden 1810 |
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(example Carlisle Library (138))
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map feature:-
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sectioned for folding & mounted & folded (4x4) &
slip case (covered in marbled paper) & table of symbols
& dedication & compass rose & rhumb lines &
up is NW & scale line & lat and long scales &
sea plain & depth soundings & foreshore sands &
coast line & rivers & lakes & relief & hill
hachuring & woods & trees & forests & parks
& county & wards & table of wards &
settlements & roads & road distances
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inscription:-
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printed lower centre
To The / Most Honourble / Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey.
/ Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum / of the West Riding
in the County of York, / and the City of York, & County of
the same, / Deputy Earl Marshall of England, / and One of
the Lords Commissioners / of His Majesty's Treasury / This
MAP of the / COUNTY of CUMBERLAND, / (Surveyed in 1770 &
1771, by Thomas Donald.) / is most humbly Inscribed by / His
Lordships most Obedient / and obliged humble Servants /
Joseph Hodskinson & Thomas Donald.
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inscription:-
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printed bottom
London. Publish'd Sepr. 1st. 1783, by J. Hodskinson & T.
Donald No.35 Arundel Street, Strand.
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wxh, sheet:-
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86.5x65cm
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wxh, map:-
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845x624mm
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
Scale of Statute Miles
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scale line:-
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10+1 miles = 136.0 mm (approx)
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scale:-
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1 to 130000 ? (1 to 130168 from scale line, assuming a
statute mile)
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sources:-
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National Library of Scotland
Carlisle Library Maps
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Carlisle Library : Map 10
-- map -- County of Cumberland
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Carlisle Library : Map 11
-- map -- County of Cumberland
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National Library of Scotland :
EME.s.118
-- map -- County of Cumberland
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