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map type:- Pratt 1905
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Road book, Pratt's Road Atlas of England and Wales, road
maps, scale 6 miles to 1 inch, by George Philip and Son, 32
Fleet Street, London, 1905, published by Anglo-American Oil
Co, 36-38 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London, 1915.
The atlas has a table of lighting up times, general railway
map of England and Wales, index map to road map plates, a
table of symbols and diagram of heights showing layer
colouring and the heights of places, 70 road map plates -
Hampshire is mostly covered by plates 11 and 12, maps of
routes out of London, street maps of towns, road gradient
diagrams using the layer colours, explanations of a few road
signs, table of speeds against time for 1 mile, and some
advertisements.
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map feature:-
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up is N & lat and long grid & table of symbols &
scale line & sea tinted & rivers & relief &
layer colouring & settlements & roads & road
distances & railways & golf courses
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inscription:-
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printed title page
PURVEYORS OF MOTOR SPIRIT / TO / H.M. THE KING. H.M.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA. / PRATT'S / ROAD ATLAS OF / ENGLAND AND /
WALES / FOR MOTORISTS / COPYRIGHTED 1905 / Published by /
ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL CO., LTD., / 36-38 QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, /
WESTMINSTER, LONDON, S.W. / Engraved and Printed by George
Philip & Son, Ltd., / 32 Fleet Street, London E.C. / REVISED
EDITION, 1915.
red and black on white; coats of arms
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wxh:-
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13x22cm
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scale line:-
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15 miles = 63.5 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 380000 ? (1 to 380160 from scale line)
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sources:-
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HMCMS Map Collection
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Hampshire Museums : FA2001.138
-- road book -- Pratt's Road Atlas of England and Wales
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JandMN (427)
-- road book -- Pratt's Road Atlas of England and Wales
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