Map features

Jansson's Hampshire 1646

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title cartouche; scroll cartouche 'HANTONIAE COMITATUS Cum BERCHERIA'
coat of arms; coats of arms of earls of Winchester and Southampton.
orientation; the map has both compass rose and labelled borders, and rhumb lines.
scale line; scroll cartouche with two scale lines, 'Milliari Anglica' and 'Milliari Germanica'.
coast shaded; into a plain sea, a few sandbanks are shown.
rivers; wiggly lines narrowing upstream.
bridges; some bridges are clearly marked.
relief; groups of hillocks shaded to the right.
beacons; a post or posts on a hillock.
woods, forests; groups of small tree symbols.
parks; a ring of fence palings, shaded to the right, perhaps with trees etc.
county boundary; dashed lines; the two counties are labelled.
hundred boundaries; dotted lines, the areas labelled.
settlements; hamlets, villages, towns, cities, etc.
market towns; and other towns
coastal defence, castles; circle, buildings, towers with flags.
miscellany; windmills, water mills, copperas works.


Jansson's Hampshire 1646, contents
General index
Old Hampshire Mapped

Map HMCMS:ACM1934.14