Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211210
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C270
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Image Title:
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Leicester and Rutland
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Parent Work Title:
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A map of Leicester and Rutland engraved from an actual survey with improvements.
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Date Created:
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1788
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Description:
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Map: Leicester and Rutlandshire. Monochrome map with borders indicated by different colours. The title is in a simple cartouche bottom left and bottom right is a 'Reference to the Hundreds' . Beneath this is a scale bar indicating: 'British Statute Miles 69 1/2 to a degree'. Latitude and longitude angles are printed around the edges. Along the bottom is published: 'London, Published by J. Harrison, No. 115 Newgate Street, as the Act directs, May 7th 1788'.
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Language Name:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Leicestershire
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Places Covered:
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England: Rutland
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Item Height:
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410 mm
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Item Width:
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525 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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