Map Collection

FA2000.79:- 
Road atlas, Pictorial Britain, roads in Great Britain and Ireland, by Alfred E Taylor and S P B Mais, published by H K McCann Co, for Anglo-American Oil Co ie Esso, London, about 1932.
The atlas has a key plan - general map showing the sections of GB, and 8 sections each having a pictorial road map and a gazetteer of places.
Hampshire is included in The South Coast section, on a map titled Esso Pictorial Plan of the Roads to the South Coast, with town plans of Southampton and Winchester.
inscription:-  printed -on- title page PICTORIAL / BRITAIN / The ROADS of / GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND / shewing the principal places of interest / Designed by / ALFRED TAYLOR / Described by / S. P. B. MAIS / Published by / H. K. McCANN COMPANY LIMITED, / 109 JERMYN STREET, LONDON, S.W.1 / for / ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL COMPANY LTD. / 36 QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, LONDON, S.W.1
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom right of map A.E.TAYLOR 32
dimension:-  wxh, book = 24x31.5cm

MN: 25.1.2001