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Faden 1810
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Map, The County of Cumberland, and parts of Lancaster and Westmorland making a map of The Lakes, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, surveyed by Thomas Donald, 1770-71, published by William Faden, Charing Cross, London, 1810.
This is a version of the half inch map published 1783, with added material.
Images of the map courtesy of the Sedgwick Archive.
   Donald 1783
(example Sedgwick Archive : Map 70)
map feature:- sectioned for folding & mounted & folded (7x3) & slip case & table of symbols & compass rose & rhumb lines & up is NW & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & depth soundings & anchorages & foreshore sands & coast line & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & woods & trees & forests & parks & county & wards & table of wards & settlements & roads & road distances
inscription:- printed right centre
The County of / CUMBERLAND, / Drawn / from the large Map in Six Sheets, / Surveyed by / Thomas Donald, / to which have been added / Portions of the adjoining Counties / OF / LANCASTER & WETSMORELAND, / thereby comprehending / all the Lakes in that Neighbourhood. / SECOND EDITION. // London / Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, / and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, / Charing Cross, 1810.
inscription:- printed with scale line
Scale of Statute Miles
scale line:- 6 miles = 74.8 mm
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sources:- Sedgwick Archive

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Sedgwick Archive : map 70 -- map -- County of Cumberland