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Map Collection
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Blaeu 1645
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FA2002.29:-
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Hampshire or the County of Southampton, or
Hantshire, scale about 3.5 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 & coat of arms & scale line &
up is N & labelled borders & coast shaded & ships & rivers &
relief & hillocks & forests & woods & parks & county &
hundreds & settlements |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
HANTONIA / SIVE / SOUTHANTONENSIS / COMITATUS / Vulgo / HANT-SHIRE.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- below scale line
Mil. Angl. quoru~ 4 uni Germanico aequip.
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scale line:-
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4 miles = 37.1 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, plate = 509x419mm |
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wxh, map = 503x415mm |
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scale = 1 to 170000 ? (1 to 173514 from scale line wrongly assuming statute
mile) |
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scale = 1 to 220000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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Map Group -- Blaeu 1645 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 22.10.2002 |