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Cowley 1743
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FA1999.108:- 

Map, hand coloured engraving, Hamp-Shire ie Hampshire, scale about 14 miles to 1 inch, by J Cowley, London, 1743.
map feature:-  hand coloured & title cartouche & drape cartouche & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales (not rectangular) & coast shaded (sea coast) & coast form lines (in estuaries) & rivers & forests (just a few trees in the New Forest) & county & settlements & roads & road distances & table of symbols
scale line:-  10 miles = 18.8 mm
inscription:-  printed -on- cartouche, lower left An Improved MAP of / HAMP-SHIRE, / containing ye. Borough & Market / Towns, with those adjoyning; / also, It's Principal Roads and / Rivers, by I. Cowley / Geographer to his Majesty.
map type:-  HantsMap -- Cowley 1743
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 860000 ? (1 to 856034 from scale line assuming statute mile)
wxh, map = 130x176mm
wxh, plate = 136x182mm
wxh, page = 16x19cm
longitude, Winchester = 1d 11.3m W (approx)

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town names:- 
Hamp-Shire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Bassingstoke Basingstoke
Bushwaltham Bishops Waltham
Christ Church Christchurch
Farham Fareham
Fordingbridge Fordingbridge
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Kingsclere Kingsclere
Lymington Lymington
Allesford Alresford
Odiam Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Rumsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stokebridge Stockbridge
WhitChurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

MN: 4.10.2001
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