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Kitchin 1751 small
R15:- 

 Map, Hampshire, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, published in the Small English Atlas, by Thomas Kitchin, London, about 1751.
The maps of Kitchin are copies, not based on original surveys despite extravagant claims to the contrary.
map feature:-  hand coloured & title cartouche & coat of arms (municipal, Southampton) & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular) & table of symbols & coast form lines & rivers & relief & hillocks & woods & settlements & roads
inscription:-  printed -on- cartouche HAMPSHIRE / Drawn from the best / Surveys & Maps / Corrected from / Astronl. Observations / By T. Kitchin Geographr. -- beehive, trees, ship
scale line:-  15 miles = 43.5 mm
map type:-  HantsMap -- Kitchin 1751 small
dimension:-  wxh, plate = 22.5x19.5cm
scale = 1 to 550000 ? (1 to 54946 from scale line assuming modern mile)
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reference:-  Kitchin, Thomas: 1749 = 1787: Small English Atlas (taken from)
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MN: 7.1.2002