Ancien Royaume de Northumberland

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	map type:- Sanson 1679
	Map, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
	(example map Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15)
	map feature:-	title cartouche & baroque cartouche & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (E from Cape Verde Islands? trapezoid projection) & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & woods & trees & forests & county & settlements
	inscription:-	printed title cartouche, lwoer left ANCIEN ROYAUME DE / NORTHUMBERLAND, / aujourdhuy / PROVINCES DE NORT : / ou sont les Comtes de / NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBERLAND, / DURHAM, WESTMORLAND / LANCASTER, et YORCK. / Par le Sr. SANSON d'Abby Geogr. ord du Roy / Avecq Privilege RE. pour Vingt Ans / A PARIS / Chez l'Auteur / 1679.
	inscription:-	water mark: coat of arms? and crown
	inscription:-	water mark: B C heart
	wxh, sheet:-	56.5x42.5cm
	wxh, plate:-	511x386mm
	wxh, map:-	508x379mm
	inscription:-	printed below scale line, lower right Milles Communs d'Anglet.
	scale line:-	16 miles = 42.4 mm
	scale:-	1 to 600000 ? (1 to 607300 from scale line wrongly assuming a statute mile)
	longitude, Kendal:-	17d 48m E
	sources:-	Wordsworth Trust Collection
	items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
		Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 -- map -- Ancien Royaume de Northumberland -- Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland -- Provinces de Nort -- Northern Provinces

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