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FA1988.5:-
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Map, Hampshire, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Hampshire and Isle of
Wight, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Kitchin, London,
about 1751.
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The maps of Kitchin are derivative copies, not based on original surveys despite
extravagant claims to the contrary.
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & title cartouche & coat of arms (municipal, Southampton)
& compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular)
& table of symbols & coast form lines & rivers & relief &
hillocks & woods & settlements & roads |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- cartouche
HAMPSHIRE / Drawn from the best / Surveys & Maps / Corrected from / Astronl.
Observations / By T. Kitchin Geographr.
-- beehive, trees, ship |
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scale line:-
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15 miles = 43.5 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, plate = 22.5x19.5cm |
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scale = 1 to 550000 ? (1 to 554946 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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scale = 1 to 700000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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longitude, Winchester = 1d 15.2m W (approx) |
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reference:- |
Kitchin, Thomas: 1749 = 1787: Small English Atlas (taken from) |
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Map Group -- Kitchin 1751 small -- 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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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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Waltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christ Church
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Christchurch
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Farham
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Fareham
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Fordingbridge
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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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Kingsclear
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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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Odiam
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Odiham
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Petersfield
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Petersfield
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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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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Stockbridge
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
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Winchester
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
