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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.

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
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.
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. ...'
The magazine was searched for strip maps relevant to Hampshire; the following issues had maps - July 1765, Supplement 1765, July 1775
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
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.
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.
 

example:-  strip map -- HMCMS:B1999.518.1765.7.1
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & up is destination & rivers & relief & hillocks & woods & forests & parks & settlements & roads & distances from London & streets
inscription:-  printed -- title cartouche A Map of the ROADS from LONDON to PORTSMOUTH, CHICHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON, POOL, & from SOUTHAMPTON to WINCHESTER.
map type:-  HantsMap -- Gent Mag 1765

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reference:-  Urban, Sylvanus (ed): 1765=1775: Gentleman's Magazine: (London)
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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button  HMCMS:B1999.518.1765.13.1 -- strip map
button  HMCMS:B1999.518.1775.7.1 -- strip map
button  HMCMS:FA1999.124 -- strip map

MN: 6.9.1999
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