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FA1998.172:-
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Strip map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, road map, part of The Road
from London to Barnstable, Devon, 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.32 from Andover, Hampshire; via Amesbury, past Stonehenge, Shrewton,
Warminster, Wiltshire; then Bruton to Bridgewater, Somerset.
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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 &
beacons & windmills |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
The Road from LONDON to BARNSTABLE, in Devonshire. / By JOHN OGILBY Esqr.
His Maties. Cosmographr. / ...
-- hunting scene |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 50x42cm |
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wxh, plate = 447x368mm |
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wxh, map = 441x359mm |
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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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Andover
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Andover
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