COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211186
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C238
Parent Work Title:
A new improved map of Hampshire from the best surveys & intelligences divided into its hundreds. Shewing the several roads and true measured distances between town and town. Also the rectories & vicarages the parks and seats of the nobility & gentry with other useful particulars regulated by Astronl. Observations. By T Kitchin Geographer.
Creator:
Kitchin, Thomas, -1784
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1764
Description:
Hampshire. Hand coloured with large title (top left). Very rich detail includes roads and place names. Each area is shaded a different colour with longitude and latitude angles marked. The large title (top left) is decorated with pictures of people working at land and sea. Around the map are paragraphs giving statistical and historical data about the area. An 'Explanation' or key is provided bottom left. The dedication on the right says: 'To the most Noble Charles Paulet, Duke of Bolton, Knight of the Garter, Lord lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for the county of Southampton, this map is dedicated by his Grace's most obedt. servent Tho. Kitchin'. Printed along the bottom is: 'Printed for R Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, T Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill.'
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
English
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Hand colouring
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Hampshire
Item Height:
560 mm
Item Width:
740 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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 The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
