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FA1996.22:-
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Map, Hamshire olim Pars Belgarum, county map of Hampshire, scale about 6
miles to 1 inch, by John Norden about 1595, version engraved by William Hole and
published in Britannia, by William Camden, 6th Latin edition, about 1607.
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The Old English Mile used by the map maker is 1.24 statute miles.
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & compass rose & scale line & swash lettering
(outside county boundary) & table of symbols (settlements etc) & county
& hundreds & table of hundreds & settlements & rivers &
woods & forests & relief & hillocks & sea pecked & ships
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 66.4 mm |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- map
HAMSHIRE / OLIM PARS BELGARUM
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inscription:- |
printed -on- map (bottom right with scale line)
Jo: Norden descripsit. WHole sculp
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dimension:- |
wxh, plate = 326x295mm |
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wxh, map = 320x293mm |
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scale = 1 to 380000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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reference:- |
Camden: 1607: Britannia |
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Norgate, Martin & Norgate, Jean: 1997: Notes from Norden's Map of Hampshire:
Hampshire CC Museums Service:: ISBN 1 85975 131 8 |
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Map Group -- Norden 1607 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hamshire
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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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Bvshwaltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christ. Church
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Christchurch
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Fareham
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Fareham
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Fordingbridg
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Fordingbridge
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Gosport
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Gosport
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Havant
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Havant
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Kingsclere
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Kingsclere
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Lymington
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Lymington
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Alresford
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Alresford
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Odgath
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Odiham
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Petersfeild
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Petersfield
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Portesmouth
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Portsmouth
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Ringwood
Regnum
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Ringwood
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Rvmsey
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Romsey
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Southampton
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Southampton
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Stokebridge
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
Venta
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Winchester
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