Accurate Map of Great Britain

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	map type:- Unknown 1772
	Accurate Map of Great Britain, scale about 40 miles to 1 inch, for the Complete English Traveller, by Nathaniel Spencer, published by John Cooke, London, 1772. Published in 'THE Complete English Traveller; OR, A NEW SURVEY and DESCRIPTION of ENGLAND AND WALES. CONTAINING A full ACCOUNT of whatever is CURIOUS and ENTERTAINING IN THE Several COUNTIES of ENGLAND and WALES, The ISLES of MAN, JERSEY, GUERNSEY, And other ISLANDS adjoining to, and dependent on the CROWN of GREAT BRITAIN; ... TO WHICH IS ADDED, A Concise and Accurate DESCRIPTION of that Part of GREAT BRITAIN called SCOTLAND. ITS ANCIENT and PRESENT STATE, ANTIQUITIES and NATURAL CURIOSITIES: TOGETHER WITH The MANNERS and CUSTOMS of the INHABITANTS, &C., BY NATHANIEL SPENCER, Esq; By the KING's Royal LICENCE and AUTHORITY. ... LONDON: Printed for J. COOKE, at Shakespear's-Head, in Pater-Noster-Row. MDCCLXXII., 1772. John Cooke was suspected of inventing authors to cover the work of hack writers, so do not assume that this author is real.
	(map example HMCMS:B2002.84.1)
	map feature:-	monumental cartouche & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast shaded & county & table of data (counties) & settlements & roads
	inscription:-	printed monumental cartouche, upper right An Accurate MAP of GREAT BRITAIN from the latest & best OBSERVATIONS
	inscription:-	printed above scale lines English Miles 60 to a Degree Scotch Miles 50 to a Degree
	scale line:-	60 miles = 38.2 mm
	scale line:-	50 scottish miles = 37.4 mm
	scale:-	1 to 2500000 ? (1 to 2527765 from english scale line assuming a statute mile)
	wxh, sheet:-	36.5X45cm
	wxh, plate:-	311x413mm
	wxh, map:-	294x397mm
	references:-	Spencer, Nathaniel: 1772: Complete English Traveller & New Survey and Description of England and Wales: Cooke, John (London)
	sources:-	HMCMS Map Collection
	items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
		Hampshire Museums : B2002.84.1 -- map -- Accurate Map of Great Britain

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