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FA1999.123.1:-
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Strip map, road map, uncoloured engraving, part of the Road from London to
Barnstable, Devon, across Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somserset, scale about 2 miles
to 1 inch, reduced from Ogilby's map, 1675, published in a Pocket Guide to the
English Traveller, by Thomas Gardner, London, 1719.
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Pl.32 from Andover via Monxton, Hampshire; Amesbury Shrewton, Warminster, Maiden
Bradley, Wiltshire; Bruton, to Bridgewater, Somerset.
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Amesbury is mislabelled Market Lavington.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & compass rose & up is destination
& rivers & relief & hillocks & woods & forests & parks
& settlements & inns & roads & distances from London &
streets |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
The Road from LONDON to BARNSTABLE in devonshire / by THOS. GARDNER / ... /
Humbly Inscrib'd to the Honourable / GEORGE DODDINGTON, Esq;
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wxh, sheet:-
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33x20.5cm |
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wxh, plate:-
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278x188mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, map = 276x180mm (?) |
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scale = 1 to 130000 ? (guess) |
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reference:- |
Gardner, John: 1719: Pocket Guide to the English Traveller: (London) |
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Map Group -- Gardner 1719 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hamp Sh.
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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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