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Checklist of Hampshire Maps
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Simpson 1746
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Map, Hamp Shire ie Hampshire, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, 'after Herman
Moll', published by Samuel Simpson, London, 1746.
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Published in 'The Agreeable Historian, Or the Compleat English
Traveller: Giving A Geographical Description of every County in that Part of
Great-Britain, call'd England. Together with The Antiquities of the same. With a
Full and particular Account of all the Cities, Market Towns, Villages, Royal
Palaces, and Gentlemen's Seats; of the Sea Ports and Fortifications, the Course
of the Rivers, and the Inland Navigation; of all the Fairs, and Market Days; and
of the Trade, Commerce, and Product; With a Map of every Country prefix'd to
each, from the best and latest Observations, after the Designs of Herman Moll,
and others ... Compiled from Camden, Leland, Dugdale, Ogilby, Morgan, and other
Authors, By Samuel Simpson Gent. London: Printed by R. Walker, in Fleet Lane;
and Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1746.' |
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The maps are plain on the reverse, they have no pagination; the Hampshire map is
copied from Moll. |
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The common practice of listing roads at the end of each county section was
abandoned - 'I shall not take up the Reader's Time in giving an Account at the
End of each County, of the Roads ... as I shall, at the End of the Work, add a
new and compleat Book of the Roads ... and ... a Table for the ready finding of
any Road, City, Market Town &c.' This appears in vol.3. |
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The text is so close to that of Read 1746 that coincidence can be discounted; it
is not clear who copied whom, or, more likely, that a common compiler was
used. |
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example:-
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map -- HMCMS:FA1999.66
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map feature:-
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coat of arms (Southampton, and the Duke of Bolton) & coast shaded &
rivers & relief & hillocks & forests & parks & county &
hundreds (borders but no names) & settlements & roads (these look like
distances from town to town, or point to point) |
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inscription:- |
printed -- top
HAMP SHIRE
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Simpson 1746
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 22.5x17cm |
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wxh, map = 197x148mm |
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scale = 1 to 480000 ? (estimate) |
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longitude, Winchester = 1d 17.2m W (approx) |
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map type tabulation
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reference:- |
Simpson, Samuel: 1746: Agreeable Historian & English Traveller: (London) |
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also see:-
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related map type -- Moll 1724
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map type Simpson 1746 -- menu of resources
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maps:-
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HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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HMCMS:FA1999.66 -- map
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| MN: 5.8.1999 |