Research Notes Map Group BOWLES 1785
Bowles 1785
	Map, Hampshire, scale about 7 miles to 1 inch, by Carington Bowles, St Paul's churchyard, London, 1785.
	Published in 'Bowles's Pocket Atlas of the Counties of South Britain or England and Wales, Drawn to One Scale: By which the true proportion they severally bear to each other may be easily ascertained; with the Measured Distances from London by the nearest Roads annexed, to all Cities, Borough and Market Towns in the Kingdom. Being the only Set of Counties, ever Published on this Plan. London. printed for and Sold by the Proprietor Carington Bowles, No.69, in St. Paul's Church Yard.' 1785.
	The atlas has a title page, index, and 57 maps on which roads are prominent; size is 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 ins.
	The description of the atlas is so similar to Kitchin's pocket atlas, 1769, that one wonders ...
inscription:-	-on- [Bowles's reduced map of Hampshire ...]
scale line:-	12 miles = 44 mm (1 3/4 ins)
dimension:-	scale = 1 to 430000 ? (1 to 434469 from scale line assuming a statute mile)
also see:-
	related map group -- Kitchin 1769
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	All Old Hampshire Mapped Resources

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