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BWM635:-
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Chart, uncoloured engraving, Coast of Sussex and Hampshire from Selsey to
Christ Church, scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by Captain John Knight RN,
published by William Faden, Charing Cross, London, 1797.
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From Christchurch Bay, Dorset; by Lymington, The Solent and Southampton Water,
Spithead, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Portsmouth Harbour, entrance to Langston
Harbour, Hampshire; by Chichester Harbour to Selsey, West Sussex; also the north
coast of the Isle of Wight.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & north point & magnetic variation & scale line &
depth soundings & harbours & rivers & relief & hill
hachuring |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- upper left
THE Coast OF / SUSSEX AND HAMPSHIRE / from / SELSEY to CHRIST CHURCH; /
including / Portsmouth Harbour, the Road of Spithead, Southampton River / and
the Passages by the West End of the ISLE of WIGHT. / Surveyed / by CAPT. JOHN
KNIGHT R.N. / Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and to / H.R.H.
the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross: November 1st. 1797.
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scale line:-
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6 nautical miles = 125.7 mm |
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dimension:- |
scale = 1 to 89000 ? (1 to 88500 from scale line; the length of a nautical mile
depends on latitude at N 50deg 43min it is 6082.93feet) |
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Map Group -- Knight 1797 -- 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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Gosport
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Gosport
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Lymington
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Lymington
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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