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FA1999.123.3:-
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Strip map, road map, uncoloured engraving, part of the Road from London to
Weymouth, Dorset, across Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorset, 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.53 from Basingstoke, via Sutton Scotney, Stockbridge, Romsey, Hampshire, and
Downton, Wiltshire, and Cranborne, Blandford, Dorchester to Weymouth, Dorset.
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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 WEYMOUTH Com Dorset / By THOS. GARDNER. / ... /
Humbly Inscrib'd to the Honourable / JOHN HARRISON, Esq.
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 29x18.5cm |
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wxh, plate = 274x182mm (?) |
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wxh, map = 272x172mm (?) |
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scale = 1 to 130000 ? (guess) |
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reference:- |
Gardner, Thomas: 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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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Stockbridge
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Stockbridge
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
