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Martindale 1888
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Map, Westmorland with Furness, vice county 69 divided into river basins, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by J A Martindale, printed? by J Bartholomew, Edinburgh, about 1888.
Tipped into Westmorland Notebook vol.1, 1888-1889, published by Edward Gill, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1889.
River basins are used as subdivisions of Watsonian vice counties, referred to as botanical districts. The river basins are: Leven and Duddon, Kent, Lune, Eamont, Eden, and parts of the Tees.
(map example private collection)
inscription:- printed lower right
WESTMORLAND WITH FURNESS / BEING / VICE-COUNTY 69 OF THE 'CYBELE BRITANNICA', / DIVIDED INTO RIVER BASINS / BY J. A. MARTINDALE. / TO ILLUSTRATE THE PAPERS AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE / KENDAL NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.
scale line:- 8 miles = 49 mm (approx)
scale:- 1 to 260000 ? (estimate from scale line)
sources:- private collection