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Map, uncoloured engraving, Warwicum Northamptonia Huntingdonia ... etc, part
of Angleterre, England, showing Hampshire, scale about 20 to 30 miles to 1 inch,
by Gerhard Mercator 1595, published by Jodocus Hondius, 1630?
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Shows - Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdon, Oxfordshire,
Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Berkshire,
Wiltshire, Hampshire, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Isle of Wight; the
text on the reverse is in French.
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scale line:-
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20 miles = 24.1 mm (small miles) |
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scale line:-
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22 miles = 29.2 mm (large miles) |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
Warwicum / Northamptonia / HUNTINGDONIA CA: / NTABRIGIA, SUFFOL: / CIA,
OXONIUM, BUCK: / INGHAMIA, BEDFORdia / Hartfordia Essexia / BERCERI MIDELSE: /
XIA, SOUTHA~TONIA / Surria, Cantium / Southsexia
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 27.5x21cm |
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wxh, plate = 258x190mm |
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wxh, map = 256x188mm |
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scale = 1 to 1700000 ? (2 degrees latitude = 128.6mm is 1 to 1731985) |
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Map Group -- Mercator 1595 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Southamtonia
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Aulton
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Alton
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Andover
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Andover
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Basynstoke
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Basingstoke
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Bisshops Waltha~
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Bishops Waltham
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Christchurch
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Christchurch
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Faran
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Fareham
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Havant
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Havant
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Kingeselere
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Kingsclere
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Leminton
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Lymington
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Alresford
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Alresford
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Odiam
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Odiham
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Porthmouth
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Portsmouth
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Ringswod
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Ringwood
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Rumsei
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Romsey
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South hampton
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Southampton
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Stokbridge
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Stockbridge
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Winchester
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Winchester
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