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Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its
Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke,
engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
Plate 6 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, each sheet folded separately
into the book.
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map feature:-
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floral cartouche & compass rose & up is NW &
scale line & lat and long grid (?) & rivers &
lakes (form lines on shore) & woods & trees &
county & settlements & roads
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche, lower left
MAP OF / DERWENTWATER / and its / ENVIRONS. / Surveyed by
JAMES CLARKE.
illustrated with masonic symbols
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inscription:-
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printed above title cartouche
Engraved by S. J. Neele / No 352 Strand London
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inscription:-
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printed upper right
Plate 6
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inscription:-
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printed bottom
Published Feby. 10th. 1787, by James Clarke, Penrith.
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
A Scale of Chains
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scale line:-
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35 chains = 142.6 mm
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map type:-
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Clarke 1787 map (Der)
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scale:-
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1 to 5000 ? (1 to 4938 from scale line)
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wxh, map:-
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1315x473mm
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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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