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Kitchin 1763
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FA1997.115:- 
Map, road map, uncoloured engraving, England and Wales, scale about 1 to 1900000, about 30 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, published about 1763-64.
Direct and cross roads over the whole country, with road distances; a similar selection to Ogilby's.
map feature:-  not coloured & compass rose (north marked by fleur de lys) & county & table of counties & settlements & title cartouche & roads & road distances
inscription:-  printed -on- cartouche A / New most / Accurate & Complete / MAP / of all the Direct, and the / Principal Cross ROADS, in / ENGLAND, / and / WALES, / Carefully corrected from / Late Surveys: / with the Distances by the / Mile Stones, / and other most exact / Admensurations between / Town and Town. -- landscape and trees, with a post chaise and a milestone
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 1900000 ? (1 to 1913187 from London to Bristol distance)
wxh, sheet = 47x39cm
wxh, plate = 361x359mm
wxh, map = 349x346mm

  Map Group -- Kitchin 1763 -- with Research Notes


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MN: 18.11.2001