Research Notes


Map Group MEIJER 1758

Meijer 1758
Map, Hampshire, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Pieter Meijer, Vygendam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1758.

Published in 'Algemeene Oefenschoole Van Konsten En Weetenschapen. Tweede Afdeeling; Behelzende De Natuurlyke Historie Des Aardryks. Te Amsteldami, By Pieter Meijer, vooraan op den Vygendam, MDCCLXIII.
The atlas is a translation of Benjamin Martin's 'The Natural History of England ...' and the map is a translation of the 1755 map by Bowen who is credited.
 
inscription:-  -on- [... Opgesteld door Eman Bowen ...]
scale line:-  12 miles = 30 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 640000 ? (1 to 643738 from scale line assuming a statute mile)

also see:- 
  related map group -- Bowen 1755

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