Map Collection

Dispatch 1863 (?)
FA1998.43:- 
Map, county map and guide for tourists and cyclists, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, 1863, published by G W Bacon and Co, 127 Strand, London, about 1890s.
Main roads are in red on the black and white base; dangerous hills are marked with a red arrow, a half arrow without flights - Hills to be ridden with caution, a half arrow with double flights - Hills dangerous.
map feature:-  colour printed (bw with red roads etc) & scale line & lat and long scales & index grid & table of symbols & county & rivers & woods & forests & relief & canals & railways & settlements & harbours
inscription:-  printed -on- cover SHOWING DANGEROUS HILLS / BACON'S / COUNTY MAP / AND / GUIDE / HAMPSHIRE / On Cloth / In Case, 1s. / FOR CYCLISTS AND TOURISTS / BASED ON THE NEW ORDNANCE SURVEY. / G. W. BACON & CO., Ltd., 127, STRAND, LONDON. -- cyclists and bicycles
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 190000 ? (approx, 1 to 189781 ?)

  Map Group -- Dispatch 1863 -- with Research Notes

MN: 23.1.1998