RAC County Road Map and Gazetteer

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	map type:- RAC 1920s
	Road map series, The RAC County Road Map and Gazetteer, No.6 Cumberland, Westmorland, and Furness, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, published for the Royal Automobile Club, RAC, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltemham, Gloucestershire and London, late 1920s? Each booklet has - title page with contents list, frontispiece, descriptive text, gazetteer of places worth visiting, index map and several pages of colour printed road maps of the county or couonties, a map of circular tours and recommended itineraries, besides many local advertisements indexed to the maps. No.18 is Lancashire, which includes part of the Lake District.
	(road map example JandMN (130))
	map feature:-	table of symbols & up is N & scale line & index grid (6 mile squares) & sea plain & coast tinted & rivers & lakes & relief & contours & layer colouring & spot heights & table of heights & woods & trees & forests & county & settlements & roads
	inscription:-	printed cover The / R.A.C / COUNTY / ROAD MAP / & GAZETTEER. / Cumberland, / Westmorland / & FURNESS. / THE LAKE DISTRICT / EVERY OBJECT OF INTEREST / IN THE COUNTY AT A GLANCE / AND HOW TO GET THERE / 1/6 NET black and orange on brown; outline map of the area
	inscription:-	printed title page CUMBERLAND / WESTMORLAND / AND FURNESS / (The Lake District) / CONTENTS / ... / THE R.A.C. COUNTY ROAD MAP / AND GAZETTEER / No.6 of a Series of 21 / ... / PUBLISHED BY ED. J. BURROW & CO. LTD. / Cheltenham; and 43, 45, 47 Kingsway, London, W.C. / ...
	wxh:-	15.5x25cm
	scale line:-	6 miles = 38.0 mm
	scale:-	1 to 250000 ? (1 to 254107 from scale line)
	sources:-	JandMN Collection
	items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
		JandMN (130) -- road map -- RAC County Road Map and Gazetteer -- Cumberland, Westmorland, and Furness -- Lake District
		JandMN (131) -- road map -- RAC County Road Map and Gazetteer -- Lancashire

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