Map Notes -- COBBETT2.txt

	Map Notes

Cobbett 1832	NOTES from COBBETT'S MAP OF HAMPSHIRE, 1830?
FA1999.111	These notes are made from a copy of a map of Hampshire by William Cobbett, about 1830. The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1999.111.
	map type: HantsMap & Cobbett 1832
	Cobbett, William: 1830 (?): Cobbett's Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales: Cobbett, William (London)
	MAP FEATURES
	The county boundary and towns are all the map shows.
title map maker	The map has a fairly plain title cartouche at the lower left:- HAMPSHIRE Engraved at bottom centre is:- Drawn & Engraved for Cobbett's Geographicaal Dictionary of England and Wales.
orientation north point up is N	Orientation is shown by a north point; N-S line, E-W cross line, North is marked by a fleur de lys, the other cardinal points are labelled - E, S, W. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet, sort of. BUT the map is so distorted that the orientation is of questionable value. It is stretched on a NW-SE axis and rotated some. It is quite the worst map of Hampshire I've come across - unless it is a completely unrecognised projection! Using a computer graphics program we have tried 'undistorting' the map by linear transformations. Two transformations have been tried; bringing four perimeter towns into alignment with where they 'should' be, and matching the county boundary to 'today's real' boundary. Both processes have there limitations. Both processes leave most of the towns well out of position. I do not believe there is an projection in use which we have failed to recognise.
scale	An estimate of the scale of the map can be got from the positions of towns and comparing known town-town distances, using DISTAB.exe. The map scale is about:- 1 to 780000 12 miles to 1 inch
county	The county boundary is a continuous line.
settlements	Settlements are marked by a dot and circle.
city	city; a double circle; labelled in upright lowercase text:- Winchester

town	town; dot and circle; labeled in italic lowercase text:- Kingsclere Andover Whitchurch Stockbridge Basingstoke Odiham Alton New Alresford Romsey Bishops Waltham Petersfield Havant Fareham Gosport Portsmouth Lymington Christ Church Ringwood Southampton Fordingbridge

village	One village is marked with a dot and circle, labelled in italic lowercase text slanting across the page whereas all other place names are level. Botley is where William Cobbett had a home for many years in Hampshire.


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NOTES from COBBETT'S MAP OF HAMPSHIRE, 1830?

MAP FEATURES