Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211256
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C357
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Image Title:
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Sussex
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Parent Work Title:
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An accurate map of the county of Sussex. Divided into its Rapes, Deaneries and Hundreds. Drawn from surveys shewing (amongst various improvements not extant in any other map) what parishes are rectories, and what vicarages; where charity schools have been errected &c.
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Creator:
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Bowen, Emanuel, -approximately 1767
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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1760
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Description:
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Map: Sussex. Coloured map with latitude and longitude marked around the edge. The map is very rich in detail including cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles, mountains and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings. Boundaries are denoted by coloured lines. Top left is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Eman Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. This is decorated with figures carrying out surveying work. Around the map are paragraphs giving statistical and historical data about the area and the various seats of nobility. Centre top is a map of Chichester with a lettered key to significant features. In the top right corner another ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To his Grace Algernon Duke of Somerset, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum & Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex, This map is humbly dedicated by His Grace's most obedt. & most devoted servt. Eman Bowen'. Lower right is a compass rose and a scale bar showing: 'British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree'. Bottom right is a large sketch of the South prospect of Lewes. Bottom centre is an 'Explanation' of the symbols used. Bottom right is a large sketch of the North prospect of Chichester. Printed along the bottom is: 'London. Printed for Robt. Sayers, in Fleet Street, John Bowles in Cornhill, & Carrington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard.'
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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: Sussex
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Item Height:
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550 mm
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Item Width:
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740 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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