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FA1997.3:-
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Strip map, uncoloured copper plate engraving, road map, part of The Road from
London to Pool, scale about 1 mile to 1 inch, from the road book, Britannia,
published by John Ogilby, White Friars, London, 1675.
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Pl.97 from Alresford through Winchester, Romsey, Ringwood, Hampshire, to Poole,
Dorset; then from Poole to Christchurch, Dorset and Lymington, Hampshire; and
the road from Southampton to Winchester, Hampshire.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & compass rose & roads &
settlements & relief & hillocks & streets & rivers & coast
shaded & road distances & trees |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
The Road from LONDON to POOL in the Count. Dorset: / By JOHN OGILBY Esqr.
his Maties. Cosmograph: / ...
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 48x38.5cm |
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wxh, plate = 456x346mm |
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wxh, map = 444x338mm |
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scale = 1 to 63360 ? (nominal) |
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reference:- |
Ogilby, John: 1675: Britannia - A Geographical and Historical Description of the
Principal Roads thereof |
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Map Group -- Ogilby 1675 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hampshire
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Christ Church
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Christchurch
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Limington
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Lymington
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Alresford
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Alresford
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Ringwood
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Ringwood
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Rumsey
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Romsey
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Southampton
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Southampton
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Winchester
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Winchester
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