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Dunlop 1930s
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FA2001.20:- 
Road map, The Dunlop Maps, 16 cards in a leather case with plastic windows, scale about 1 to 750000, about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Bartholomew, Edinburgh, Lothian, published by E J Burrow, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1930s?
Each card is two sided; when stacked in the holder the top and bottom maps can be used, viewed through the plastic windows. plate 1 is an index sheets to the British Isles; pl.2-27 are the road maps, pl.28-29 show London and environs at a larger scale, pl.30 the Lake District, pl.31 Snowdonia, pl.32 shows the Ministry of Transport numbering of Main Roads.
Hampshire is on road map plate 4.
map feature:-  scale line & table of symbols (road gradings only) & contour diagram & sea shaded & rivers & relief & contours & layer colouring & shipping routes & settlements & roads & road distances
inscription:-  printed -on- holder THE DUNLOP MAPS
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom of road maps DUNLOP Bartholomew, Edinburgh
scale line:-  20 miles = 42.8 mm (also in Km)
dimension:-  wxh = 23x30cm
scale = 1 to 750000 ? (1 to 752030, from scale line)

  Map Group -- Dunlop 1930s


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MN: 7.1.2002