Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211264
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C375b
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Image Title:
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North Riding
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Parent Work Title:
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An accurate map of the North Riding of Yorkshire divided into its Wapontakes. Drawn from surveys with various additional improvements: Illustrated with historical extracts relative to its natural produce, mines, minerals, manufactures, trade and the present state of the city of York and its principal towns.
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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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1756
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Description:
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Map: North Riding, Yorkshire. 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. Bottom centre is a large sketch of York. In the bottom right corner an ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To the Noble and Right Honble. Robert Darcy, Earl of Holderness, One of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's bedchamber, and Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. This map is dedicated by His Lordship's most obedt. humble servt. Eman Bowen'. Next to this is a scale bar showing 'British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree' and an 'explanation' of symbols used. Bottom left is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Eman Bowen geographer to His Majesty'. This is decorated with figures on horse back. Printed along the bottom is: 'R Wilkinson No. 58 in Cornhill & Robt. Sayer, in Fleet Street'.
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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: Yorkshire: North Riding
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Item Height:
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605 mm
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Item Width:
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765 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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