Map Collection

Stukeley 1723
FA2001.171:- 
Road map, the Antonine Itineraries through Britain, scale about 55 miles to 1 inch, plotted by William Stukeley, 1723, published London, 1724.
The map was published in Itinerarium Curiosum by William Stukeley, and in A New Description of England and Wales by Herman Moll, both 1724.
map feature:-  title cartouche & picture frame cartouche & lat and long scales & scale line & coast shaded & settlements & roman roads
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche In gratiam Itinerantium / Curiosorum, ANTONINI / Aug. ITINERARIUM per / BRITANNIAM. / tentavit W. Stukeley 1723.
scale line:-  80 roman miles = 52.4 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 28x33cm
wxh, map = 245x272mm
scale = 1 to 2400000 ? (estimated from lat long scales)
scale = 1 to 3500000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe)

  Map Group -- Stukeley 1723 -- with Research Notes

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MN: 1.12.2002