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Map Collection
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FA2001.44:-
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Road book, The Roadreader, road maps of England, Wales and Scotland, scale
about 1 to 580000, about 8 miles to 1 inch, with the Bergquist Easy Reference
System, published by Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd, London, 1937.
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Printed by Edward Stanford, London.
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The Bergquist system is a system of cut outs at the left and right sides of the
pages which is planned to facilitate moving from one map sheet to the adjacent
sheets NESW. It is not totally successful.
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The road book has a two maps of central London, one with garages, underground
stations and cinemas, the other with underground stations and theatres; a page
of road traffic signs; directions for using the Bergquist system; a table of
symbols, key map and the road maps; and town street maps.
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Hampshire is covered by pages 11, 12, and 13.
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map feature:-
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up is N (taken for granted) & scale line (all borders of the maps are
graduated in statute miles) & sea tinted & rivers & county &
settlements & roads (graded by thickness, with MoT road numbers) & road
distances & railways & golf courses & airports |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title page
THE / ROADREADER / A new road map of / ENGLAND, WALES AND SCOTLAND /
specially designed for motoring / Prepared according to the / BERGQUIST / EASY
REFERENCE SYSTEM / IVOR NICHOLSON AND WATSON / LIMITED LONDON
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patent no:-
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427451 (1937) |
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 30.5 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh = 14.5x22cm |
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scale = 1 to 580000 ? (1 to 576653 from scale line) |
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| MN: 7.1.2002 |