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GENERAL MAP

Facing the second title page is a general map:-
ENGLAND and WALES
which is a sort of index map to the road book. Although it shows the roads described, it does not have page numbers to help you find them. The map size is:-
wxh, sheet: 25x21cm
wxh, map: 224x190mm

MAP FEATURES

publisher    
Printed at the bottom is:-
London; Published by Sherwood & Co. Paternoster Row. May 1 1824.

scale line    
scale    

The map has a scale line:-
Scale of English Miles
100 miles = 42.4mm is a scale 1 to 3795623, the map scale is about:-
1 to 4000000
60 miles to 1 inch

lat and long scales    
lat and long grid    

The map borders are printed with latitude and longitude scales for a graticule over the whole map.

sea area    
sea tinted    

The sea is tinted blue. The seas around the country are labelled, eg:-
ENGLISH CHANNEL

coast line    
coast shaded    

The coast line emphasised by shading.

county    
The county boundaries are dotted lines, the county names labelling the areas, eg:-
HAMP SHIRE

settlements    
Only the larger settlements on the roads are marked, by a circle. The places are graded by their labelling.
capital city     labelled in block caps, ie:-
LONDON

city    
town    
labelled in upright lowercase, eg:-
Winchester

town     labelled in italic lowercase, in Hampshire there are:-
Alton
Andover
Basingstoke
Christchurch [then in Hampshire]
Gosport
Portsmouth
Southampton
Winchester


roads    
Roads are shown by single lines joining up the way points by straight line segements. Direct and cross raods are tinted, as explained by a notice on the back of the second title page:-
In the General Map of England and Wales, opposite the Title-page, the Cross Roads are drawn in blue lines, in contradistinction to the Direct Roads in red. The points d'appui, where the roads join, being thus rendered prominently distinct, the Route from any one part of the kingdom to another may be easily traced, and referred to.


GENERAL MAP ROUTES

The routes crossing Hampshire on the general map of England and Wales are:-

from London ... through Bagshot, Surrey; Basingstoke, Andover, Hampshire; across Wiltshire; and eventually to the Lands End.


from Andover, Hampshire; across Wiltshire; through Frome, Somerset; to Barnstable, Devon


from Andover, Hampshire; to Salisbury, Wiltshire; to the Lands End or to Dorchester, Dorset etc.


from London, ... through Bagshot, Surrey; across a corner of Hampshire; to Farnham, Surrey; to Alton, Winchester and Southampton, Hampshire; then to Christchurch, Dorset.


from London ... through Guildford, Surrey; to Portsmouth, Hampshire.


... from Salisbury, Wiltshire; to Southampton, Hampshire; to Chichester, West Sussex; and beyond.


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