Map Collection

Smith 1804
FA1999.143:- 
Map, hand coloured engraving folded in a slip case, New Map of Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Charles Smith, 172 Strand, London, engraved by Jones and Smith, 1804 corrected to 1821.
map feature:-  mounted & sectioned for folding & slip case & compass rose & lat and long scales (rectangular) & scale line & table of symbols & coast form lines & sandbanks & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & hundreds & table of hundreds & settlements & roads & post roads & distances from London & road distances & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- upper left A / NEW MAP / of / HAMPSHIRE / Divided into hundreds / LONDON / Printed for C. SMITH No.172 Strand. / Corrected to / 1821.
inscription:-  printed -on- below compass rose Jones & Smith sc Beaufort Buildings Strand
scale line:-  6 miles = 50.4 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 191588 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Smith 1804 -- with Research Notes

MN: 7.1.2002