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Map Collection
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Dispatch 1863
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FA1998.45:-
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Map, and guide, Hampshire for Cyclists and Tourists, with the Isle of Wight,
scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, 1863, published by G W Bacon and Co, 127 Strand,
London, about 1890s.
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Main roads are in red on the black and white base; dangerous hills are marked
with a red arrow, a half arrow without flights - Hills to be ridden with
caution, a half arrow with double flights - Hills dangerous.
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map feature:-
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colour printed (bw with red roads etc) & scale line & lat and long
scales & index grid & table of symbols & county & rivers &
woods & forests & relief & canals & railways & settlements
& harbours |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- cover
SHOWING DANGEROUS HILLS / BACON'S / COUNTY MAP / AND / GUIDE / HAMPSHIRE /
On Cloth / In Case, 1s. / FOR CYCLISTS AND TOURISTS / BASED ON THE NEW ORDNANCE
SURVEY. / G. W. BACON & CO., Ltd., 127, STRAND, LONDON.
-- cyclists and bicycles |
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dimension:- |
scale = 1 to 190000 ? (approx, 1 to 189781 ?) |
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Map Group -- Dispatch 1863 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 23.1.1998 |