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Map features
Blome's Hampshire 1673 |
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title cartouche, map maker,
dedication, and coat of arms |
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compass rose |
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scale line |
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coast shaded; the sea is has some shading. |
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coastal defence, castles; a few shown. |
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rivers; wiggly lines narrowing upstream,
mostly not named. |
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bridges; marked by a double line over a
river. Mostly not named. |
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relief; hillocks shaded to the east. |
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beacons; few, maybe beacon posts on a hill
top, or just a name. |
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woods, forests; small tree symbols,
sometimes grouped into woods or forests. |
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parks; a ring of fence palings. Some
are named. |
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county boundary; dashed line, emphasised
by tinting; boundaries might separate adjacent counties, which
are labelled. |
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hundred boundary; dotted boundary, areas
keyed by number to a table of hundreds. |
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settlements; dot and circle plus elements
to distinguish hamlets, villages, towns, cities, etc |
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market towns, and other towns |
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miscellany; antiquities - tents, watermills and windmill,
and copperas house.
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