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Smith 1746 map 1
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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.
(map example HMCMS:B1999.518.1746.map)
map feature:- title cartouche & baroque cartouche & compass rose & up is N & scale line & coast form lines & rivers & relief & hillocks & settlements & roads & vignettes
inscription:- 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.
scale line:- 2 miles = 56.4 mm
scale:- 1 to 57000 ? (1 to 57069 from scale line assuming statute mile)
wxh:- 26.5x20.5cm
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sources:- HMCMS Map Collection
Armitt Library
Carlisle Library Maps

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Carlisle Library : Map 20 -- map -- Map of the Countries Adjacent to Carlisle shewing the Route of the Rebels -- West Prospect of Carlisle Castle
   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