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Map Notes
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Taylor 1759
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NOTES from ISAAC TAYLOR'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1759
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FA2001.141
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These notes are made from the map of Hampshire by Isaac
Taylor, 1759. The copy studied is in the Map Collection of
Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA2001.141.
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map type: HantsMap & Taylor 1759
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It is worth remembering that from 1759 the Royal Society
advertised a premium:-
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... to give a sum not exceeding one hundred Pounds, as a Gratuity
to any Person or Persons, who shall make an accurate Survey of
any County upon the Scale of one Inch to a Mile ...
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Sea coasts to be accurately drawn with latitudes and
longitudes; satisfactory proofs of accuracy required; ... Isaac
Taylor was the first to try, and the first to fail to win a
prize; but his map is splendid and useful for all that.
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The premiums were a stimulus to remapping the country in these
sensible units, counties, at this then new large scale. It is
also worth noting that William Roy, writing to George III, 1766
remarks:-
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THESE County Maps are sufficiently exact, in what regards their
geometrical measurement, for common purposes, but are extremely
defective with respect to the topographical representation of the
ground, giving scarcely any Idea, or at least but an imperfect
one, of what is remarkably strong or weak in the nature of the
Country.
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Taylor's map of Hampshire is the first map at 1 inch to 1
mile; it was published in six sheets; 2 across x 3 down; for sake
of reference these are numbered:-
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1 2
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3 4
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5 6
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The copy studied has the 6 sheets mounted together. The map
size is wxh mounted = 145x166cm, wxh map = 1408x1615mm. Each of
the 6 sheets was about 71x57cm.
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MAP FEATURES
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The map features are described in separate files:-
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map type Taylor 1759 -- menu of resources |
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map features: title cartouche, map maker, engraver, compass rose,
lat and long scales, scale line, table of symbols, vignettes,
colouring. -- TAY2FTR1.txt
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map features: sea, ships, etc, coast, harbours, etc, coastal
defence, castles. -- TAY2FTR2.txt
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map features: rivers, bridges, canals, etc, relief, beacons,
woods, forests, parks. -- TAY2FTR3.txt
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map features: county, hundreds, settlements, roads, road
distances, etc, roman roads, antiquities. -- TAY2FTR4.txt
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map features: race courses, warrens, hospitals, stones,
brickworks, sheep washes, inns, engines, forges, gibbets,
salterns, baths, schools, farming, tanneries, chalk pits, graves,
decoys, dovecotes, salmon weirs, posts, water towers. --
TAY2FTR5.txt
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OLDMAPS.exe results -- TAY2NGR.txt
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source item -- HMCMS:FA2001.141 -- map |
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list of map notes |
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HantsMap Notes -- TAYLOR2.txt
MN: 15.10.2001
last edit: 5.12.2001
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