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Contour Motoring Map of the British Isles, scale about
15.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Bartholomew and Son, The
Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 12 Duncan Street,
Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1920.
There are inset town plans of London, Manchester, Edinburgh,
Glasgow and Dublin; and tables of distances from these
cities.
On the back cover are advertisements with index maps for
half inch maps of England and Scotland.
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map feature:-
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up is N & scale line & lat and long scales &
table of symbols & sea areas & sea tinted &
coast line & rivers & relief & contours &
layer colouring (0, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, and above 2000
feet) & spot heights & county & settlements
& roads & road distances & shipping routes
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inscription:-
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printed right, above centre
Cartographers to the King / BARTHOLOMEW'S / CONTOUR
MOTORING MAP / OF THE / BRITISH ISLES / SHOWING THE BEST
TOURING ROADS / WITH HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES / REDUCED BY
PERMISSION FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY
coat of arms, royal
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inscription:-
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printed bottom left and right
THE EDINBURGH GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE / JOHN BARTHOLOMEW &
SON LTD.
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inscription:-
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printed cover
BARTHOLOMEW'S / CONTOUR MOTORING MAP / OF THE / BRITISH
ISLES / SHOWING THE BEST TOURING ROADS / Price 10/- net
gold on beige
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inscription:-
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printed above scale line
Scale - 1;1,000,000 or 16 English Miles to an Inch
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scale line:-
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50 miles = 81.9 mm
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map type:-
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Bartholomew 1920s m (Cum/Roads)
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scale:-
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1 to 980000 ? (1 to 982505 from scale line)
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wxh, folded:-
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11.5x20.5cm
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wxh, sheet:-
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89.5x101.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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866x988mm (approx)
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General notes
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Contour Motoring Map of the British Isles, scale about
15.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Bartholomew and Son, The
Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 12 Duncan Street,
Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1920.
The map includes Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria.
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email:- JandMN@norgate.freeserve.co.uk