Map Collection

Bowen 1772
B2002.84.2:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, A New and Accurate Map of England, with Wales, scale about 47 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Bowen, for the Complete English Traveller, written by Nathaniel Spencer, published by John Cooke, Shakespear's Head, Pater Noster Row, London, 1772.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & monumental cartouche & north point & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast shaded & table of symbols & county & settlements & roads & post roads
inscription:-  printed -on- top Engraved for The Complete English Traveller.
inscription:-  printed -on- monumental cartouche, upper right A New and / Accurate MAP of / ENGLAND / By T. Bowen.
inscription:-  printed -on- above scale line British Statue Miles
scale line:-  60 miles = 32.1 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 24.5x37cm
wxh, map = 223x323mm
scale = 1 to 3000000 ? (1 to 3008120 from scale line assuming a statute mile)

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MN: 1.9.2002