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Map Collection
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Faden 1796
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FA1999.78:-
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Hampshire or the County of Southampton, with
Isle of Wight, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by William Faden, 5 Charing
Cross, London, 1796.
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Reduced from the large map in six sheets by Milne, published by Faden, 1791.
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Tables of information about Basingstoke Canal and Andover Canal and about
Woolmer Forest and Alice Holt Forest.
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & mounted & sectioned for folding & slip case &
compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales & meridian
(Portsmouth Royal Academy) & county & coast form lines & county
& relief & woods & forests & parks & settlements & roads
& rivers & canals & road distances |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom left
Hampshire / or the / COUNTY of SOUTHAMPTON / Including the /ISLE OF WIGHT /
Reduced from the large Map in Six Sheets / BY W. FADEN / Geographer to His
Majesty, and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales / Charing Cross June 4th. 1796.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- label on slip case
HAMPSHIRE. / Sold by Wm. Faden, / Geographer to the King, / CHARING
CROSS.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- label on rev
Sold by / W. Faden Geographer to His Majesty / and to / His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales / No.5 CHARING CROSS
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scale line:-
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6 miles = 60.6 mm |
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dimension:- |
scale = 1 to 160000 ? (1 to 159341 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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Map Group -- Faden 1796 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 5.10.2001 |