| Map features
Morden's playing card map, Hampshire 1676
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title; abbreviated, in a box at the top of the playing
card.
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compass rose; a plain circle, lines for the four
cardinal directions.
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scale line; below a pair of compasses, scale line of 10
miles.
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coast shaded; with horizontal lines with are carried into harbours and river mouths. Portsea Island and Hayling Island are
(too) clearly marked.
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rivers; major rivers are shown by a solid wiggly line.
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county; the county boundary is a dotted line. The
contiguous counties are labelled, eg:-
Pt. of Wilt
etc. This labelling did not appear on the very first edition of
the playing cards.
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settlements; villages, towns, cities.
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roads; are what makes this map exciting: this is the first
road map of Hampshire.
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statistics; a box at the bottom of the playing card has
data about the county:
Length. ________________________ 66.
Bredth. ________________________ 30.
Circumference. ________________ 176.
Southamp~: { D. from Lon. _ 60. 78.
{ Latitude. ____ 50. 56.
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