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FA2000.47:-
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Map, uncoloured engraving, Hampshire Divided into Hundreds, scale about 1 to
640000, about 10 miles to 1 inch, engraved for W Owen for the General Magazine
of Arts and Sciences by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1755, edition of 1758?
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & scroll cartouche & compass rose
& scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular) & coast form lines
& harbours & rivers & relief & hillocks & woods &
forests & parks & county & hundreds & settlements & roads
& road distances |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
HAMPSHIRE / Divided into / HUNDREDS, / Containing its City / Buroughs &
Market Towns / with the Roads & Distances. / By Eman. Bowen / Geogr. to His
Majesty.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom
Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences for W. Owen at Temple
Bar 1755.
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scale line:-
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12 miles = 30.2 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 24.5x20cm |
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wxh, plate = 205x182mm |
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wxh, map = 197x173mm |
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scale = 1 to 640000 ? (1 to 639474 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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longitude, Winchester = 1d 11.1m W (approx) |
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Map Group -- Bowen 1755 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hampshire
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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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Bishops Waltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christ Church
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Christchurch
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Farham
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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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Odiam
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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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Southampton
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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 |
