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map type:- Smith 1746 map
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Map of the Countries Adjacent to Carlisle shewing the
Route of the Rebels, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by G
Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, London, 1746.
Tipped in opposite p.560, vol.16, 1746, with 'A Letter to a
friend, containing an account of the march of the rebels in
England, a description of the castle of Carlisle, and a
dissertation on the old Roman wall; with respect to the map
of it, and the adjacent country, the plan of Carlisle, and
the view of its castle, just publish'd in two sheets; the
draughts of which were favourably received by the duke of
Cumberland on his forming the attack on Carlisle castle, and
are now dedicated to his royal highness; by G. Smith.'
The rebels are the Scots of the 1745 rebellion; lower left
is a vignette view, the West Prospect of Carlisle Castle.
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(map example HMCMS:B1999.518.1746.map)
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & baroque cartouche & compass rose
& up is N & scale line & coast form lines &
rivers & relief & hillocks & settlements &
roads & vignettes
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche
A MAP / of the / Countries Adjacent to / CARLISLE /
shewing / the Route of the / REBELS / with their principal /
Ford over ye Rr. EDEN. / By G. Smith.
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scale line:-
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2 miles = 56.4 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 57000 ? (1 to 57069 from scale line assuming statute
mile)
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wxh:-
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26.5x20.5cm
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sources:-
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HMCMS Map Collection
Armitt Library
Carlisle Library Maps
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Carlisle Library : Map 20
-- map -- Map of the Countries Adjacent to Carlisle shewing
the Route of the Rebels -- West Prospect of Carlisle Castle
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Hampshire Museums :
B1999.518.1746.map
-- map -- Map of the Countries Adjacent to Carlisle shewing
the Route of the Rebels -- West Prospect of Carlisle Castle
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