Smith's New and Accurate Map of the Lakes
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map type:- Smith 1800 |
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Smith's New and Accurate Map of the Lakes in the Counties
of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 2.5
miles to 1 inch, by Charles Smith, 172 Strand, London, 1800.
Said to be ... the earliest map of the Lake District intended to be carried by tourists ... Thomas West's guide book, 8th edn 1802, advertises 'Smith's Map of the Lakes. Neatly coloured. Price, 4s., or on Canvas in a Case, 6s.' Published in a 2nd edn, 1802. Published in editions, 1814, 1821, 1824. |
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(example Kendal Library : Map 132)
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| map feature:- | sectioned for folding (4x4) & mounted & table of symbols & north point & up is N & lat and long scales (trapezoidal projection; West fr. London) & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & turnpike roads & road distances & distances from London & table of data (list of inns) | |
| inscription:- |
printed upper left
SMITH'S / New and Accurate / MAP / of the LAKES in the / COUNTIES of / CUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND / AND / LANCASHIRE. London. Printed for C. SMITH. Mapseller, No.172, corner of Surrey St. Strand. / May 1800. |
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| wxh, sheet:- | 49x61cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 482x601mm | |
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printed with scale line
Scale of Miles |
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| scale line:- | 6+1 miles = 85.0 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 130000 ? (1 to 132534 from scale line) | |
| longitude, Kendal:- | 2d 44.4m W | |
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(other examples)
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| inscription:- |
printed
... [July 1802.] |
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| inscription:- |
printed label on slip case
[Map of the Lakes in the Counties of Cumberland , Westmorland, & Lancashire. Sold by W. Pennington, Kendal.] |
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| sources:- |
Bicknell 1990 British Library : Maps 15.a.22 British Library : Maps:K Top.6.70 Kendal Library Maps |
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| items seen (illustrated items in bold):- | ||
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British Library : Maps 15.a.22 -- map -- Smith's New and Accurate Map of the Lakes in the Counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire | |
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Kendal Library : Map 132 -- map -- Smith's New and Accurate Map of the Lakes in the Counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire | |