Research Notes Map Group ALLEN 1811
Allen 1811	Map, Hampshire? scale about 23 miles to 1 inch, one of a set of playing cards by John Allen, 3 Hampden Street, Sommers Town, London, 1811; published 1811-27.
	The map has a border decorated with ?leaves, title at the top. a north point and scale line, and shows county boundary, rivers, settlements and roads.
scale line:-	10 miles = 11 mm (7/16 ins)
dimension:-	scale = 1 to 1400000 ? (1 to 1448229 from scale line assuming a statute mile)
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PUBLISHING	HISTORY
	Published on a playing card - 'Pub. by J. Allen, 3 Hampden Str. Sommers Town, 1811.' accompanied by a booklet of rules 'A Geographical Game - Allen's English Atlas - being a set of county maps on cards showing the whole of the turnpike roads, great rivers, navigable canals etc, adapted for the instruction of youth in English geography. Pub. as the act directs June 4th. 1811.'
	Published in 'The POCKET TOURIST & ENGLISH ATLAS, BEING A New and Complete Set of COUNTY MAPS, Exhibiting The Whole of the Turnpike Roads, Cities, Market Towns, Great Rivers, and Navigable Canals with the Distances from London. Also the Number of Acres & Inhabitants, &c. &c: Including a Copious Topographical Account OF EACH COUNTY. LONDON: PRINTED FOR O. HODGSON, MAIDEN LANE, WOOD ST.' 1820 or 1827?
	The atlas has title page, page of explanation, list of contents, and county maps; its size is 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 ins.
	Published in 'The New English Atlas, being a complete set of county maps, neatly coloured ...' by J Thomson, 1823.
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REFERENCES
	Allen John: 1811: Allen's English Atlas: (London)
	: 1820 (?) & 1827: Pocket Tourist & English Atlas: Hodgson, Orlando (London)
	: 1823: New English Atlas: Thomson, J (London)
	Beresiner, Yasha: 1985: New Source for Orlando Hodgson's County Maps: Map Collector: no.30: pp.40-41
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