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map type:-
Nelson 1859 map
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Map of the English Lake District, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by J Batholomew and Son, Edinburgh, published by T Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, and Edinburgh and New York, United States, 1859.
The routes, road or rail, corresponding to itineraries in the guide book are tinted red and numbered to link to the book.
Frontispiece Folded and tipped in opposite p.9 of a guide book, The English Lakes.
(example JandMN (336_2))
map features:- foled (4x3) & table of symbols & up is N & scale line & sea tinted & coast line & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & canals & railways
inscription:- printed lower left
MAP / OF THE / ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT.
inscription:- printed bottom right, centre
Drawn & Engraved by J. Bartholomew & Son, Edin. / PUBLISHED BY T. NELSON & SONS, LONDON & EDINBURGH.
wxh, sheet:- 31.5x40cm
wxh, folded:- 9.5x17cm
wxh, map287x357mm:-
inscription:- printed with scale line
English Miles
scale line:- 10 miles = 68.8 mm
scale:- 1 to 230000 ? (1 to 233916 from scale line)
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sources:- JandMN Collection

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