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map type:-
Mawman 1805 map
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Map, Sketch of the Excursion between London and Inverary, scale about 23 miles to 1 inch, engraved by J Bye, published by Joseph Mawman, Poultry, London, 1805.
Frontispiece to a tour, An Excursion to the Highlands of Scotland and the English Lakes, by Joseph Mawman.
(example Armitt Library : A978.1)
map feature:- folded (1x3; damaging) & compass rose & up is NW (NNW) & scale line & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks (in ranges) & county & settlements (for the tour) & roads (for the tour)
inscription:- printed lower left
A Sketch / of the EXCURSION between / LONDON & INVERARY. / London, Published by J. Mawman Poultry June 1. 1805
inscription:- printed bottom
J. Bye Sculp.
wxh, sheet:- 12.5x43cm
wxh, map:- 111x398mm
inscription:- printed with scale line
Scale of Miles
scale line:- 50 miles = 56.2 mm
scale:- 1 to 1400000 ? (1 to 1431801 from scale line assuming a statute mile)
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sources:- Armitt Library
Bicknell 1990

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   Armitt Library : A978.1 -- map -- Sketch of the Excursion between London and Inverary