Map Collection

Kitchin 1750
FA1988.8:- 
Map, Hampshire, uncoloured copper plate engraving, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, drawn by Thomas Kitchin, 1750, published by John Hinton, at the Kings Arms, St Paul's Churchyard, London, about 1754.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & coat of arms (municipal) & scale line & compass rose & lat and long scales (rectangular) & table of symbols & coast form lines & rivers & trees & relief & hillocks & county & settlements & roads
scale line:-  10 miles = 29.7 mm
inscription:-  printed -on- cartouche HAMPSHIRE / Drawn from the / best Authorities
inscription:-  printed -on- top edge Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom edge Printed for John Hinton at the Kings Arms St. Pauls Church Yard
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 26.5x20.5cm
wxh, plate = 213x191mm (?)
wxh, map = 208x184mm
scale = 1 to 540000 ? (1 to 541867 from scale line assuming statute mile)
scale = 1 to 540000 ? (30 mins latitude = 102.2mm is 1 to 544610)

  Map Group -- Kitchin 1750 -- with Research Notes

MN: 26.9.2001