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FA1999.140:-
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Map, hand coloured engraving, A Correct Map of Hampshire, scale about 9.5
miles to 1 inch, probably by Thomas Hutchinson, 1748, published in Geographia
Magnae Britanniae, 2nd edn, by Osborne et al, London, 1750.
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & picture frame cartouche & compass rose & lat and
long scales (oblique) & scale line & coast form lines & rivers &
relief & hillocks & forests & parks & county & settlements
& roads |
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 29.8 mm |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
A Correct / MAP / of / HAMP-SHIRE
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dimension:- |
wxh, map = 166x142mm |
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wxh, sheet = 20x17cm (ie folded page 10x17) |
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scale = 1 to 540000 ? (1 to 540048 from scale line assuming statute mile) |
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scale = 1 to 610000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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longitude, Winchester = 1d 20.0m W (approx) |
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reference:- |
Hutchinson, Thomas: 1750 (2nd edn): Geographia Magnae Britanniae: Osborne,
Thomas (et al)(London) |
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Map Group -- Hutchinson 1748 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hamp-Shire
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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's 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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Kingsclear
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Kingsclere
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Lymington
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Lymington
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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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Rumsey
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Romsey
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Sout Hampton
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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 |
