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Map, uncoloured engraving, Hant Sh, ie Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight,
scale about 27.5 miles to 1 inch, originally the playing card map by Robert
Morden, 1676, published as an atlas sheet about 1785.
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Very small, showing only principal towns and routes; this is the earliest road
map of Hampshire.
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The sheet map is probably from the original plates slightly amended in an atlas,
A Brief Description of England and Wales, published by H Turpin, 104 St John's
Street, West Smithfield, London, about 1785.
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inscription:- |
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Hant Sh:
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map feature:-
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not coloured & compasses & compass rose & scale line &
settlements & roads & coast shaded & county & rivers |
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inscription:- |
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Length. - 66. / Bredth. - 30. / Circumference. - 176. / Southamp: D. from
Lon. - 60. 78. / Latitude 50. 56.
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 10.3 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet (trimmed) = 6x8.5cm |
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wxh, map (excluding cartouches) = 56x58mm |
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scale = 1 to 1800000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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reference:- |
: 1785 (?): Brief Description of England and Wales: Turpin, H (London) |
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Map Group -- Morden 1676 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hant Sh.
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Alton
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Alton
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Andover
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Andover
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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Bushwaltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christ Church
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Christchurch
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Farham
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Fareham
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Fordingbridg
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Fordingbridge
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Havant
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Havant
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Kingsclere
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Kingsclere
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Lemington
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Lymington
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Alersford
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Alresford
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Odiam
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Odiham
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Petersfeild
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Petersfield
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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Ringwood
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Ringwood
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Rumsey
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Romsey
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S Hampton
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Southampton
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Stokbridg
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
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Winchester
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