Map Collection

Cary 1809b
FA1999.81:- 
Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, A New Map of Hampshire, with Isle of Wight, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1809, edition published 1828.
The map still shows the Portsmouth Canal which was opened 1822 and closed 1827.
map feature:-  hand coloured & mounted & sectioned for folding (3x5 pieces) & slip case & title cartouche & oval cartouche & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & forests & woods & trees & parks & county & hundreds & settlements & roads & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche, lower right A / NEW MAP / OF / HAMPSHIRE, / DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS. / EXHIBITING / Its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. / By JOHN CARY, Engraver. / 1828.
inscription:-  printed -on- label on slip case CARY'S / NEW MAP / OF / HAMPSHIRE, / DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS; / EXHIBITING / THE WHOLE OF THE TURNPIKE AND / CROSS ROADS, / THE COURSE OF THE RIVERS, / MARKET AND BOROUGH TOWNS, PARISHES, / HAMLETS, PARKS, &c. / LONDON: / PUBLISHED BY G. AND J. CARY, / 86, ST. JAMES'S STREET.
scale line:-  10 miles = 92.8 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 170000 ? (1 to 173421 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Cary 1809b -- with Research Notes

MN: 5.10.2001