notes Vancouver 1810

	Research Notes Map Group VANCOUVER 1810

Vancouver 1810
	Map, Soil and Substrata of ... the County of Hants ie Hampshire, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, ?by Charles Vancouver, engraved by Neele, Strand, published by R Philips, New Bridge Street, London, 1810.
	Published again by Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster Row, London, 1813, in a report for the Board of Agriculture. The map studied is the frontispiece folded into the book, which is in the Library Collection, Hampshire CC Museums Service, the map is item HMCMS:B1999.371.1.
	The map size is wxh, sheet = 23.5x31.5cm, wxh, map = 191x250mm.
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TITLE
	The title page of the book reads:-
	GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF HAMPSHIRE, INCLUDING THE ISLE OF WIGHT. DRAWN UP FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. BY CHARLES VANCOUVER. EXPERIENTIA PRAESTANTIOR ARTE.
	LONDON: PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES, PATERNOSTER-ROW: SOLD BY G. AND W. NICOL, PALL-MALL; MOTLEY AND CO. AND MILLS, PORTSMOUTH; ROBBINS, AND JACOB, WINCHESTER; BAKER AND CO. SOUTHAMPTON; AND ALBIN, NEWPORT. 1813. [Price Sixteen Shillings in Boards.]
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MAP FEATURES
title cartouche oval cartouche map maker engraver	Printed lower right in a plain oval cartouche is:- Map Exhibiting the leading Character of SOIL & SUBSTRATA of the 8 Districts comprised in the County of HANTS Engraved for Mr. Vancouver's Agricultural Report 1810 Printed at the bottom is:- Neele sculp. Strand London. Pubd. Jany. 1st. 1810, by R. Phillips, New Bridge Street.
orientation up is N	The map has no compass rose or north point; it is printed with North at the top of the page.
lat and long scales	Printed in the map borders are rectangular scales for latitude and longitude; chequered at 1 minute intervals, labelled at 5 minutes intervals. The bottom scale states:- Long. W. fr. London. The longitude of Winchester on the map is about 1 degree 12 minutes W, which accords with a prime meridian about 6 minutes W of Greenwich. Notice that, in error (I assume), the map has 1 degree N marked at the 51 degree parallel. The map covers about 0d 40m to 1d 43m W, 50d 34m to 51d 25m N. The map extends beyond its printed borders in the NE and SW, and includes the Isle of Wight.
scale	The map has no scale line. The latitude scale has 45 minutes = 211.5mm giving a scale 1 to 394746; the map scale is about:- 1 to 390000 6 miles to 1 inch
sea area sea plain	The sea are is plain; some sea areas are labelled, eg:- ENGLISH CHANNEL SOLENT SPITHEAD Southampton Water
coast line coast shaded harbours	The coast line is shaded for emphasis. Portsmouth Har. is labelled.
coastal defence castles	A few of the coastal defence castles are labelled:- Hurst Cas. Calshot Cas. No fortifications are shown around Portsmouth etc.
rivers	Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering inland. Some are labelled, eg:- Beauley River Avon R. All the major river systems are shown with some tributaries, but not all are named.
relief	No relief is shown on the map.
woods forests	As well as a few trees in parks there are groups of trees symbols for some of the old forests. Some are labelled, eg:- Holt Forest Watmere Forest [Woolmer Forset] East Bere Forest New Forest but no more.
parks	Parks are drawn by an outline with a vestigial fringe of fence palings. They generally enclose some trees and are tinted green. A few are labelled, eg:- Hackwood Park Freemantle Pa.
soils geology table of symbols	The map title claims:- ... Exhibiting the leading Character of SOIL & SUBSTRATA of the 8 Districts ... of HANTS ... The districts are delimited by a dotted line and numbered 1..5 in Hampshire, 6..7 in the Isle of Wight. Look hard; the numbers are all there. Each area is tinted:- 1 pale blue green 2 pale yellow 3 pale brown 4 pale green 5 pink 6 pale orange 7 pink 8 yellow As the map is folded in the book there is no reason to think the colours faded. Examples:- has 4 pale green to the north, 5 pink to the south; has 2 plae yellow to the west, 3 pale brown to the east. Each are is described in a table:- DISTRICTS No.1 Woodlands and the Wastes of Bagshot / Clay, Sand, Gravel and Peat 2 Strong Flinty Loams & Hazel Mould on Chalk / occasionally veined with Gravel / Peat in most of the Vallies 3 Malm Sand & Gravelly Loam Clay & Peat / upon the Wastes of Woolmer & Alinholt Forests 4 Light Loams mix'd with Clay & calcareous Marle / Peat in the low Grounds particularly in the Forests Chace &c 5 Chalk of Portsdown with strong flinty Loam / & hazel Loam in the Islands and low Grounds 6 Tough strong Clay & Argillaceous Marle 7&8 Tender Loam with Argillaceous & Calcareous / Marle & chalk Looked at closely the area boundaries are not as clear as that might be.
county	The county boundary is a dashed line, tinted red alongside Dorset, blue-green alongside Wiltshire, red alongside Berkshire, green alongside Surrey, and red alongside Sussex. The adjoining counties are labelled, eg:- DORSET SH. On the northern boundary there is an enclosed area which could be the detached part of Wiltshire then hereabouts. The detached part of Hampshire in Sussex is not shown.
settlements	Settlements are drawn by small groups of blocks for buildings, or just a cross for a church, differentiated by the size of the group and labelling style.
city	small group of buildings on roads; labelled in italic block caps, eg:- WINCHESTER

town	small group of blocks on roads; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Alton Havant Southampton has italic block caps.

village	a few blocks, or just a cross; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Bentley Froyle

roads	The map has a network of roads drawn by double lines. The more important roads are drawn wider with one line bolder.
canals	The Basingstoke Canal is shown; not labelled.
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ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:B1999.371.1 -- map
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