Map Collection

Kitchin 1763
FA1988.7:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, A New Map of Hampshire, scale about 7 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, London, published by Dodsley, London, 1763-64.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche (baroque frame) & compass rose (cardinal and half cardinal points, fleur de lys for north, cross for east) & scale line & lat and long scales (and grid lines across map at 51N and 1W) & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hillocks & trees & forests & settlements (graded for size etc) & table of symbols & roads & roman roads
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche A New MAP of / HAMP SHIRE, / Drawn from the best / Authorities. / By Thos. Kitchin Geogr. / Engraver to H.R.H. the / Duke of York
scale line:-  10 miles = 37.6 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 430000 ? (1 to 428017 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Kitchin 1763 -- with Research Notes

MN: 7.1.2002