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map type:-
Lackington 1819 map
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Map of the Country in the Vicinity of the Lakes, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Neele and Son, 352 Strand, published by Lackington and Co, Finsbury Square, London, 1819.
Use as frontispiece to A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by John Robinson, 1819.
(example map JandMN (155_1))
map feature:- compass rose & up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements & roads & canals (?)
inscription:- printed lower left
A Map / of the Country in the / Vicinity of the Lakes.
inscription:- printed bottom right and centre
Neele & Son sc 352 Strand / London, Published July 1, 1819, by Lackington and Co. Finsbury Square.
wxh, sheet:- 21x19cm
wxh, map:- 185x168mm
inscription:- printed above scale line
Scale of Miles.
scale line:- 10 miles = 41.2 mm
scale:- 1 to 390000 ? (1 to 390617 from scale line)
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sources:- JandMN Collection
Bicknell 1990

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