New and Exact Map of Great Britain
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map type:- Overton 1708 |
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Map, two sheets, New and Exact Map of Great Britain,
scale about 20 miles to 1 inch, by Henry Overton, the White
Horse, without Newgate, London, 1708, edited and published
1743.
The map's dedication is to George II, replacing an earlier dedication to Anne. |
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(example British Library : Maps 177.d.1 (b))
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| map feature:- | wreath cartouche & dedication & coat of arms & table of symbols & scale lines & lat and long scales & lat and long grid & sea plain & galleons & coast shaded & rivers & woods & relief & hillocks & county & settlements & roads & road distances | |
| inscription:- |
printed wreath cartouche, upper right
A NEW AND EXACT MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AND BEST OBSERVATIONS. /To the Most Serene and Most sacred Majesty GEORGE By the Grace of God KING of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, This Map of GREAT BRITAIN is humbly Dedicated & Presented By your Majesties Loyal Subject and Servant, Henry Overton. 1743. |
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| wxh, sheet 1:- | 61x49cm | |
| wxh, sheet 2:- | 61x48cm | |
| wxh, map = 583x933mm:- | ||
| scale:- | 1 to 1200000 ? (estimate from scale line) | |
| sources:- |
British Library : Maps 177.d.1(b) |
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British Library : Maps 177.d.1 (b) -- map -- New and Exact Map of Great Britain | |