Map Collection

Blome 1673
KD1996.15:- 
Map, hand coloured etching, A Mapp of Hantshire, ie Hampshire, with part of the Isle of Wight, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Richard Blome, about 1673.
Published in England Exactly Described.
map feature:-  hand coloured & dedication & table of hundreds & hundreds & parks & compass rose & scale line & coat of arms (family) & settlements
inscription:-  -on- A MAPP OF HANTSHIRE
inscription:-  -on- To the Rt. Honl. Charles / Ld. St. Iohn Son &c Hence / To the Rt. Honl. Iohn Ld. / Marquis of Winchester. / Ld. Lieutenant of / the County of Hamshire / This Mapp is humbly / Dedicated by Ric. Blome.
scale line:-  10 miles = 65.1 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 31.8x34.7cm
scale = 1 to 250000 ? (1 to 247211 from scale line assuming modern mile)

reference:-  Blome, Richard (?): 1673: Britannia
  Map Group -- Blome 1673 -- with Research Notes

MN: 7.1.2002