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FA2001.137:-
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Strip map, hand coloured engraving, road map from a road book, Bowles's Post
Chaise Companion, by Carington Bowles, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1782.
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Vol.2 p.171/172 the road from Oxford to Pool; from Oxford, Oxfordshire; through
Abingdon and Hungerford, Berkshire; across a corner of Hampshire near Tidworth;
then South Tidworth and Salisbury, Wiltshire; then Cranborne, Wimborne, and to
Poole, Dorset.
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Scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch.
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & title cartouche & north point & rivers & relief
& hillocks & woods & trees & parks & county &
settlements & roads & road distances & distances from start &
streets |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- down left side
BOWLES's POST CHAISE COMPANION.
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dimension:- |
wxh = 17.5x16cm |
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wxh = 163x138mm |
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wxh, map = 150x135mm |
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scale = 1 to 170000 ? (estimated from marked miles) |
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reference:- |
Bowles, Carington: 1782: Post Chaise Companion: (London) |
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Map Group -- Bowles 1782 -- with Research Notes
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