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Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale
about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J
Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
Plate 4 in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire.
The map is printed on two sheets of paper which were pasted
together on the binding tab, but have become unfixed; each
sheet folded separately into the book.
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map feature:-
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drape cartouche & compass rose & up is NW (roughly)
& scale line & rivers & lakes (form lines on
coast) & woods & county & settlements &
roads
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, lower right
A MAP of the LAKE / ULLSWATER / and its environs /
Surveyed by / James Clarke
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inscription:-
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printed above title cartouche, upper right
Engraved by S. Neele No 352 Strand London
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inscription:-
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printed upper right
Plate 4
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inscription:-
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printed bottom
Published Feby. 10 1787, by James Clarke, Penrith.
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scale line:-
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100 chains = 208.7 mm
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map type:-
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Clarke 1787 map (Ull)
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scale:-
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1 to 9600 ? (1 to 9639 from scale line)
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wxh, sheet 1:-
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61.5x50cm
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wxh, sheet 2:-
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60.5x49.5cm
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wxh, folded:-
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25x30cm
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wxh, map:-
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1083x467mm
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Detail map analysis (NB jumps out of current
navigation)
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General notes
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Map, series issued in a guide book, A Survey of the Lakes
of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke,
Penrith, Cumberland, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand,
London, published 1787-89; and in Plans of the Lakes ...
1793.
There are 9 maps:-
plate 1. A Map of the Town of Penrith and Country Adjacent.
plate 2. A Map of the Town of Penrith in the County of
Cumberland.
plate 3. A Map of the Roads between Penrith and Ullswater,
scale about 10 ins to 1 mile; shows the River Eamont from
Pooley Bridge for about 4 miles NE towards Penrith, and the
country and roads either side.
plate 4. A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale
about 6.5 ins to 1 mile.
plate 5. A Map of the Roads, Waters &c between Penrith and
Keswick, scale about 2 ins to 1 mile; shows the road from
about Stainton to beyond Threlkeld.
plate 6. A Map of Derwentwater and its Environs.
plate 7. A Map of the Roads etc. between Keswick and
Broadwater.
plate 8. A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie
Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile.
plate 9. A Map of the Roads Lakes &c between Keswick and
Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile; shows the road
from about Castlerigg to the edge of Ambleside, past
Thirlmere Lake, Grasmere water, and Rydal Water.
plate 10. A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake
Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1
mile.
plate 11. A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake
Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1
mile.
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