| Map features
Blaeu's Hampshire 1645
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title cartouche; strapwork; 'HANTONIA SIVE
SOUTHANTONIENSIS COMITATUS Vulgo HANTSHIRE.'
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coat of arms; royal coat of arms, and of earls of Winchester
and Southampton.
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orientation; labelled borders; 'Septentrio' etc.
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scale line; 'Mill. Angl. quoru~ 4 uni Germanico aequip'.
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coast shaded; into a plain sea, sandbanks or mudflats
shown; the sea busy with ships.
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rivers; wiggly lines narrowing upstream.
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bridges; some bridges are clearly marked.
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relief; groups of hillocks shaded on the east side.
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beacons; post or posts on a hillock.
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woods, forests; groups of small trees with ground
vegetation.
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parks; ring of fence palings, perhaps with trees and
a great house.
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county boundary; dotted line, adjacent counties labelled
in Latin and English, eg: 'SURRIA Vulgo SURREY'.
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hundred boundaries; dotted line, hundreds are named in
upright block caps.
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settlements; houses, hamlets, villages, cities, etc
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| market towns; and other towns
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coastal defence, castles; circle and tower(s).
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antiquities; 'tents', british tribes, hillforts.
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miscellany; ships, religious house, windmills and watermills,
coppers.
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