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FA1997.8:-
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Strip map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, road map, part of The Road
From London to Portsmouth, scale about 1 to 63360, 1 inch to 1 mile, from the
road book, Britannia, published by John Ogilby, White Friars, London, 1675.
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Pl.30 from the centre of London, through Wandsworth, Kingston upon Thames,
Cobham, Guildford, Godalming, Surrey, through Liphook, Petersfield, Horndean, to
Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
The Road From / LONDON to PORTSMOUTH / in com: Southamp: / Actually Surveyd
& Delineated / By IOHN OGILBY Esq: / His Maties. Cosmographer
-- two cherubs, one holding a groma? |
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & title cartouche & roads & rivers & compass rose
& coat of arms (royal) & settlements & streets & fortifications
& forests & trees & parks & road distances |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 51.5x42.5cm |
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wxh, plate = 435x328mm |
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wxh, map = 435x329mm |
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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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Petersfield
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Petersfield
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
