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Map, uncoloured engraving, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 12
miles to 1 inch, published in A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales, by
William Cobbett, Fleet Street, London, 1832.
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The map is curiously distorted, perhaps by an unusual projection?
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & plain cartouche & north point (and
cross line, fl de lys for N, and E S W labelled) & county &
settlements |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
HAMPSHIRE
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom
Drawn & Engraved for Cobbett's Geographical Dictionary of England &
Wales
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 14x22cm |
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wxh, plate = 12x20 cm (?) |
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wxh, map (excluding bits overlapping the map border) = 100x173mm |
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scale = 1 to 780000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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reference:- |
Cobbett, William: 1832: Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales:
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Map Group -- Cobbett 1832 -- 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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Alton
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Alton
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Andover
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Andover
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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Bishop Waltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christ Church
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Christchurch
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Fareham
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Fareham
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Fordingbridge
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Fordingbridge
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Gosport
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Gosport
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Havant
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Havant
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Kingsclere
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Kingsclere
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Lymington
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Lymington
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New Alresford
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Alresford
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Odiham
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Odiham
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Petersfield
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Petersfield
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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Ringwood
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Ringwood
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Romsey
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Romsey
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Southampton
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Southampton
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Stockbridge
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
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Winchester
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
