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Kitchin 1784
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FA1997.116:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Great Britain, England and Wales, scale about 27 miles to 1 inch, surveyed by Thomas Kitchin, publisher in the New and Complete British Traveller, by Walpoole, 1784.
The counties and a selection of settlements are shown.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & compass rose (fairly plain, north indicated by fleur de lys, east by a cross) & scale line (statute miles) & lat and long scales & lat and long grid & table of symbols (different sizes of settlement, sand and rocks)
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche A New and / Accurate Map of / that District of / GREAT BRITAIN, / called England & Wales. &c. / from the / latest & most Correct / SURVEYS / by T. KITCHEN, / Geographer & hydrographer to His / MAJESTY. -- landscape with ships, travellers, and a lion!
inscription:-  printed -on- top/bottom Engraved for WALPOOLE's New & Complete BRITISH TRAVELLER. / N.B. The New & Correct MAPS of SCOTLAND, IRELAND, &c. will be given COMPLETE in the Course of the Publication.
dimension:-  wxh, plate = 34.5x39cm
scale = 1 to 1700000 ? (estimated)

  Map Group -- Kitchin 1784


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MN: 13.11.2001