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Checklist of Hampshire Maps
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Gent Mag 1765
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Road strip maps with segments in Hampshire, probably by Emanuel Bowen,
engraved by Thomas Bowen, London, published in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1765-75.
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Published in 'The Gentleman's Magazine AND Historical Chronicle, VOLUME
XXXV. For the YEAR M.DCC.LXV. ... By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent. LONDON: Printed for
D. HENRY and R. CAVE, at ST JOHN'S GATE.' 1765 |
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The 'new Sett of Maps' starts at January 1765 and continued irregularly for the
next 10 years; maps are tipped in and are generally page height but longer,
folded into the magazine; the magazine page size is 12x31cm; the maps generally
have no indication of map maker or engraver but a number of sheets in 1774-75
state Thomas Bowen, who was the son of Emanuel, as the engraver. |
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The title page of a monthly issue introduces the map in the following style -
'The Gentleman's Magazine For July 1765. CONTAINING more in Quantity and greater
variety then any other Book of the Kind and Price ... ... With a new and
accurate Map of the Roads from London to Portsmouth, to Chichester, to
Southampton, and to Pool, and of the Road from Southampton to Winchester; in
which the exact Distance from Town is set down; the post and cross Roads pointed
out; the Cities and market Towns distinguished; and the principal Seats, Parks,
and Villages adjoining to the Road properly expressed. ...' |
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The magazine was searched for strip maps relevant to Hampshire; the following
issues had maps - July 1765, Supplement 1765, July 1775 |
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July 1765; '... the Roads from London to Portsmouth, to Chichester, to
Southampton, and to Pool, and of the Road from Southampton to Winchester';
London, through Kingston on Thames, Guildford, Godalming, Surrey; across a
corner of Hampshire; then West Sussex; through Petersfield, Horndean, Cosham to
Portsmouth, Hampshire; from Guildford via Godalming, Surrey; then Midhurst to
Chichester, West Sussex; London, via Staines, Middlesex; through Bagshot,
Surrey; across a corner of Hampshire; then Farnham, Surrey; via Alton, New
Alresford, Twyford, to Southampton, Hampshire; from New Alresford via
Winchester, Romsey, Ringwood, Hampshire; to Poole, Dorset; from Southampton to
Winchester, Hampshire |
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Supplement 1765, bound into the volume after the twelve monthly issues; '... the
Road from London to the Land's-End in Cornwall ... the Road from Exeter to
Truro. N.B. This is a part of a new sett of Maps of the Roads, which will be
continued till compleated.'; London via Staines, Middlesex; then Bagshot,
Surrey; via Basingstoke, Whitchurch, Andover, then Middle wallop, hampshire;
through Salisbury, Wiltshire; then Shaftesbury, Dorset; Yeovil, Somerset;
Axminster, Honiton, and Exeter, Ashburton, Plymouth, Devon; then Looe, Penzance,
to Lands End, Cornwall; from Exeter, via Tavistock, devon; then Liskard to
Truro, Cornwall. |
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July 1775; London to Barnstable etc; from Andover, Hampshire; via Amesbury,
Shrewton, Warminster, Wiltshire; then Bruton, Bridgewtaer, Somerset; via South
Moulton to Barnstable, Devon; from Barnstable, Devon; via Launceston, Padstow,
to Truro, Cornwall. |
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example:-
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strip map -- HMCMS:B1999.518.1765.7.1
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & up is destination & rivers &
relief & hillocks & woods & forests & parks & settlements
& roads & distances from London & streets |
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inscription:- |
printed -- title cartouche
A Map of the ROADS from LONDON to PORTSMOUTH, CHICHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON, POOL,
& from SOUTHAMPTON to WINCHESTER.
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Gent Mag 1765
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map type tabulation
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reference:- |
Urban, Sylvanus (ed): 1765=1775: Gentleman's Magazine: (London) |
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Klein, Christopher M: 1989: Maps in Eighteenth Century British Magazines:
Newberry Library (Chicago, Illinois, United States):: ISBN 0 911028 41 2 |
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map type Gent Mag 1765 -- menu of resources
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maps:-
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HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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HMCMS:B1999.518.1765.7.1 -- strip map
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HMCMS:B1999.518.1765.13.1 -- strip map
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HMCMS:B1999.518.1775.7.1 -- strip map
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HMCMS:FA1999.124 -- strip map
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| MN: 6.9.1999 |