Cornwall-Fowey-1779
CBTM:
19830
Map Date:
10.6.1779
Repository reference:
BLML Maps c.11.b.7
Historic county:
Cornwall
Town name:
Fowey
Map type:
Hydrographic
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SX124517
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SX 0958
Map title:
'A plan of the road and harbour of Fowey or Foy.'
Comments on map:
Chart: urban area seems complete. Scale measured as 3.5 inches to 1 sea mile, i.e. about 1:20,846.
Scale:
1:20,846
Map-maker:
Lt James Cook, R.N. [sv], R. Sayer & J.Bennett, chartsellers, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
49.5 x 61.3
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: A few buildings shown pictorially, including a tower.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial): Ruinous.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Inferred by shape.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Several, including 6-gun battery].
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps c.11.b.7.
Industry:
rope walk
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Stated measuerments:
soundings
Ordnance Survey's
1880
1:2500
1:10,560
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