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Kent-Dover-1661

CBTM:
21383
Map Date:
[1661]
Repository reference:
BL 796.a.5
Historic county:
Kent
Town name:
Dover
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TR318416
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TM 3247
Map title:
'Dower. Douer.'
Comments on map:
In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 302. Marked lack of text.
Scale:
1:17,500*
Map-maker:
[R. Hermannidae [author].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
12.8 x 10.7
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
(pictorial), Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
(pictorial), castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Guns on clifftop.
Woodland:
orchards, scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL 796.a.5, BOL Gough Gen Top 93, CUL Syn.8.66.24.
Relief:
(pictorial), cliffs
Crosses:
(pictorial), cross
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in sea.
Towers:
tower: [Pictorial: ? Roman lighthouse].
Ordnance Survey's
1858-9
1:500
1871
1:2500
1:10,560
1881-4
1:500
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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