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Bowles 1782
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FA2000.51:- 

Strip map, uncoloured engraving, road map from a road book, Bowles's Post Chaise Companion, by Carington Bowles, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1782.
Vol.1 p.57/58 - the road from London to Portsmouth, from London; through Kingston, Guildford and Godalming, Surrey; to Liphook, Hampshire; across a corner of West Sussex; then Petersfield, Horndean, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & north point & coast form lines & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & trees & parks & county & settlements & roads & road distances & distances from London & streets & fortifications & water mills
map type:-  HantsMap -- Bowles 1782
dimension:-  wxh = 17x16cm
wxh = 163x140mm
wxh, map = 153x136mm
scale = 1 to 180000 ? (estimated from marked miles as 1 to 178533 assuming modern mile)

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reference:-  Bowles, Carington: 1782: Post Chaise Companion: (London)
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images © Jean M Norgate 2004

town names:- 
Hamp Shire Hampshire
map name modern name
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth

MN: 4.10.2001
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