Map Collection

Dower 1838
B1990.1132.1:- 
Map, hand coloured engraving, Hampshire or Southampton, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by I Dower, Pentonville, London, for Mudie's History of Hampshire, published for James Robbins, College Street, Winchester, by D E Gilmour, High Street, Winchester, Hampshire, 1838?
map feature:-  hand coloured & scale line & lat and long scales & sea shaded & rivers & bridges & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & hundreds & table of hundreds & electoral data & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- upper left HAMPSHIRE / OR / SOUTHAMPTON / ...
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom Drawn and Engraved for 'MUDIE'S HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE', by I. DOWER, Pentonville, London / Winchester. Published for the Proprietor, Jas. Robbins, College Street by D. E. Gilmour, Public Library, High Street.
scale line:-  8 miles = 45.8 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 37x46.5cm
wxh, plate = 350x406mm
wxh, map = 321x368mm
scale = 1 to 280000 ? (1 to 281108 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Dower 1838 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Fareham Fareham
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Portsmouth Portsmouth

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MN: 9.11.2002