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Cary 1789
FA1999.5.11:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789.
Facing vol.1 p.129 in Britannia by William Camden, translated from Latin by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
map feature:-  not coloured & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales & coast form lines & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & trees & parks & county & hundreds & table of hundreds & settlements & roads & distances from London & electoral data & race courses & castles & harbours
inscription:-  printed -on- upper left A / MAP / of / HAMPSHIRE / from the best / AUTHORITIES. / Engraved by J. Cary.
scale line:-  10 miles = 81.1 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 200000 ? (1 to 198439 from scale line assuming modern mile)
wxh, map = 43.5x52cm

  Map Group -- Cary 1789 -- with Research Notes

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MN: 25.2.2002