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Research Notes
Map Group WALLIS 1815
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Wallis 1815
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This Jigsaw Puzzle is made from Wallis's New
Travelling Map of England and Wales, published by John Wallis,
London, about 1815. The jigsaw studied is in the Map Room of the
British Library, shelf mark Maps 162.p.2.
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The jigsaw is made from a hand coloured engraving pasted on
wood backed with paper against the dangers of warping. It is hand
cut with an interlocking border and non interlocking pieces which
are picture pieces of the counties. There are 70 pieces in a
sliding lid box. The map size is: wxh, jigsaw = 49.5x61.5cm; wxh,
map = 486x610mm.
Remember that detail notes are made for
Hampshire interest and are thus strongly biased.
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MAP FEATURES |
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HAMPSHIRE TOWNS |
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title
map maker
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Printed on the label on the box lid, repeated upper right on
the map:-
WALLIS'S NEW TRAVELLING MAP OF ENGLAND
AND WALES with Part of SCOTLAND , on which are Delineated THE
DIRECT AND PRINCIPAL CROSS ROADS, with the MARKET TOWNS AND
VILLAGES, ALSO The Course of the Great Rivers, to which is added
The Distance between one Market Town and another, AND THE Exact
admeasurement prefixed to each County Town and City, from the
Metropolis.
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orientation
up is N
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The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
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scale
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There is no scale line, but the latitude scales provide an
estimate of scale. 50 minutes latitude = 465.5 mm gives a scale 1
to 199281. The map scale is about:-
1 to 200000
3 miles to 1 inch
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table of symbols
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Printed upper right is an:-
EXPLANATION.
Direct Roads ... [double line, light
bold]
Cross Roads ... [double line, light
light]
Routes of Mail Coaches ... [double line
plus a dotted line down the centre]
Rivers ... [wiggly lines]
Cities as ... LONDON [upright block
caps]
Market Towns as ... Sheffield [upright
lowercase text]
Villages as ... Sittingbourne [italic
lowercase text]
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lat and long scales
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Printed in the map borders are scales of latitude and
longitude; chequered at 10 minute intervals, labelled at degrees.
The prime meridian is somewhere through London.
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sea area
sea plain
shipping routes
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The sea area is plain, with some areas labelled, eg:-
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Some shipping routes are marked by a dotted line, labelled,
eg:-
to Jersey 35 Leagues
from Poole.
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coast line
headlands
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The coast line is pretty well drawn; it is possible to
recognise Hampshire features - The Solent, Spithead, Southampton
Water, Portsmouth Harbour, Langstone Harbour, Portsea Island,
Hayling Island, etc etc.
Some headlands are noticed, eg:-
BEACHY HD.
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rivers
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Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering inland. few are
labelled, in Hampshire for example:-
Avon R.
Also as:-
MOUTH OF THE THAMES
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relief
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No relief is shown.
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county
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The jigsaw pieces are each a county. Doing the puzzle means
handling and becoming familiar with the county shapes and their
position; this is the idea of this teaching toy.
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settlements
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Larger settlements are shown by groups of small blocks,
smaller by a circle, and differentiated by style of labelling. In
Hampshire:-
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city
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group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER
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town
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group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Southampton
Alton
The '21' Hampshire towns are listed below.
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village
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a circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Sutton
Wallop
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roads
post roads
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A network of main roads is shown by double lines; 'Direct'
roads have light and bold lines, 'Cross' roads light and light
lines. Post roads, have an extra dotted line down the centre of
the road.
Road distances are marked by figures by the road. It is not
always easy to be sure where the end points of the given distance
are.
The mail routes are:-
from London; through Bagshot, Surrey;
then Hartford Bridge, Basingstoke, Whitchurch, Andover, and
Wallop, Hampshire; on to Salisbury, Wiltshire, and west.
branch from Bagshot, Surrey; across a
corner of Hampshire; then Farnham, Surrey; and Alton, Ropley,
Alresford, Winchester, Otterbourn, to Southampton, Hampshire. AND
fro Southampton, through Totton, Cadnam, and Ringwood, Hampshire;
on to Poole, Dorset.
from London; ...; through Petersfield,
Corsham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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The '21' market towns of Hampshire are all shown, spelled as
follows:-
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Alton
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Andover
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Basingstoke
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Bishops Waltham
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Christchurch
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Fareham
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Fordingbridge
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Gosport
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Havant
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Kingsclere
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Lymington
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Alresford
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Odiham
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Petersfield
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Portsmouth
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Ringwood
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Rumsey
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Southampton
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
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