COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
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maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
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Image Number:
JRL1211205
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JRL1211205
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C265.1
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Booker & Mills C265.1
Reference Number
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Image Title:
Lancashire
title
Lancashire
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
An accurate map of the county of Lancaster divided into its hundreds. Laid down from the best authorities assisted by the most approved modern maps & charts with various extracts relative to its natural produce, trade, manufactures and present state of the principal state of the principal towns.
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An accurate map of the county of Lancaster divided into its hundreds. Laid down from the best authorities assisted by the most approved modern maps & charts with various extracts relative to its natural produce, trade, manufactures and present state of the principal state of the principal towns.
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Bowen, Emanuel, -approximately 1767
creator
Bowen, Emanuel, -approximately 1767
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
c1760
date_created
c1760
Date Created
false
Description:
Map: Lancashire. 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 right is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Eman Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. Beneath this another ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To the Right Hon.ble Edwd. Stanley Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant for the County of Lancaster. This map is dedicated by His Lordship's most humble & obed.t Servt. Eman Bowen. Around the map are paragraphs giving statistical and historical data about the area, also information about the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, and the various seats of nobility. Printed along the bottom is: 'London. Printed for R Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street and Bowles & Carver 69 St Pauls Church Yard.'
description
Map: Lancashire. 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 right is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Eman Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. Beneath this another ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To the Right Hon.ble Edwd. Stanley Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant for the County of Lancaster. This map is dedicated by His Lordship's most humble & obed.t Servt. Eman Bowen. Around the map are paragraphs giving statistical and historical data about the area, also information about the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, and the various seats of nobility. Printed along the bottom is: 'London. Printed for R Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street and Bowles & Carver 69 St Pauls Church Yard.'
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Language Name:
English
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English
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false
Language Code:
eng
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eng
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false
Sub-Category:
Maps
class
Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printed
technique
Printed
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Lancashire
spatial_coverage
England: Lancashire
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
765 mm
item_height
765 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
607 mm
item_width
607 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB