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Strip map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, road map, part of The Road
From London to Weymouth, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, from the road book,
Britannia, published by John Ogilby, White Friars, London, 1675.
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Pl.53 from Basingstoke to Sutton Scotney, Stockbridge, Broughton, Hampshire,
into Wiltshire at West Dean, via Dunkerton, across Dorset through Cranborne,
Wimborne Minster, Blandford Forum, Dorchester, to Weymouth.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
The Road From LONDON to WEYMOUTH com. DORSET. / By IOHN OGILBY Esqr. His
Maties. Cosmographer.
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & title cartouche & roads & road distances &
rivers & compass rose & coat of arms (royal) & settlements &
streets & woods & trees & relief & hillocks & county &
coast shaded & harbours & ducking stools & windmills |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 50.5x38cm |
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scale = 1 to 63360 ? (nominal) |
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reference:- |
Ogilby, John: 1675: Britannia; A Geographical and Historical Description of the
Principal Roads thereof |
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Map Group -- Ogilby 1675 -- 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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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Stockbridge
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Stockbridge
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
