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FA2002.28:-
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Vectis Insula or the Isle of Wight, scale about
1.5 miles to 1 inch, published in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by William J Blaeu,
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1645.
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & scroll cartouche & labelled borders & up is N
& scale line & coat of arms & coast shaded & ships &
sandbanks & coastal defence & castles & rivers & relief &
hillocks & beacons & mills & windmills & bridges & forests
& woods & parks & county & settlements |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
VECTIS / INSULA / Anglice / THE ISLE OF / WIGHT
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inscription:- |
printed -on- lower, right of centre
Ioh. Blaeu Excud.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- below scale line
Quatuor Milliaria Anglica sive / unum milliare Germanicum
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scale line:-
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4 miles = 76.1 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 60x49cm |
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wxh, plate = 514x391mm |
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wxh, map = 509x387mm |
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scale = 1 to 85000 ? (1 to 84591 from scale line wrongly assuming statute
mile) |
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Map Group -- Blaeu 1645 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 10.11.2002 |
