COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
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Image Number:
JRL1211263
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JRL1211263
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Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C375a
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Booker & Mills C375a
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Parent Work Title:
An accurate map of the West 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 its principal towns.
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An accurate map of the West 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 its principal towns.
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Creator:
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
creator
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1756
date_created
1756
Date Created
false
Description:
West 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. Top right is a large sketch of Leeds. In the bottom right corner an ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To the Noble and Most Honorable Thomas Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, & Knt. of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath. This map is dedicated by His Lordship's most obedt. humble servt. Eman Bowen'. Beneath this is a scale bar showing 'British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree'. Bottom right is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Emanl. Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. This is decorated with figures making wool. Above this is a brief 'Explanation' of the symbols used. Printed along the bottom is: 'R Wilkinson No. 58 in Cornhill & Robt. Sayer, in Fleet Street'.
description
West 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. Top right is a large sketch of Leeds. In the bottom right corner an ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To the Noble and Most Honorable Thomas Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, & Knt. of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath. This map is dedicated by His Lordship's most obedt. humble servt. Eman Bowen'. Beneath this is a scale bar showing 'British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree'. Bottom right is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Emanl. Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. This is decorated with figures making wool. Above this is a brief 'Explanation' of the symbols used. Printed along the bottom is: 'R Wilkinson No. 58 in Cornhill & Robt. Sayer, in Fleet Street'.
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Language Code:
eng
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eng
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false
Language Name:
English
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English
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Category of Material:
Printed
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
Maps
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Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
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Printing (process)
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false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
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18th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Yorkshire: West Riding
spatial_coverage
England: Yorkshire: West Riding
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false
Item Height:
615 mm
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615 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
780 mm
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780 mm
Item Width
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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 The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB