Map Collection

Gent Mag 1765
B1999.518.1775.7.1:- 
Strip map, uncoloured engraving, road map, part of the Road from London to Barnstable, Devon, and to Truro, Cornwall, across Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somserset etc, about 1775.
Published in the Gentleman's Magazine vol.45 1775 July issue between pp.313-13; in a series begun 1765.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & compass rose & up is destination & rivers & relief & hillocks & woods & forests & parks & settlements & inns & roads & distances from London & streets
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche The Road from LONDON to BARNSTABLE in Devon Shire, commencing at Andover, in ye Road to ye Lands End, also from Barnstable to Truro.
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 130000 ? (guess)

  Map Group -- Gent Mag 1765 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Andover Andover

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