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An improved map of the County of Somerset divided into it's hundreds

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"By Eman: Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty." Visual scale [108 mm = 12 British statute miles approximately]. Dedication to John Pawlet surmounted by coat of arms. Includes two insets: The ichnography of Bath [35 mm = 200 yards approximately]; The county has two divisions [chart]. Described in Smith, Antique Maps of the British Isles, entry 14, p. 108-113. McMaster's copy was probably produced as a separate sheet, before the publication of The Large English Atlas. Described in Chubb, Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, entry CXCV, map 20, p. 157-159.

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An improved map of the County of Somerset divided into it's hundreds: laid down & collected from the best materials, and illustrated with various additional improvements; with historical extracts...
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"By Eman: Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty." Visual scale [108 mm = 12 British statute miles approximately]. Dedication to John Pawlet surmounted by coat of arms. Includes two insets: The ichnography of Bath [35 mm = 200 yards approximately]; The county has two divisions [chart]. Described in Smith, Antique Maps of the British Isles, entry 14, p. 108-113. McMaster's copy was probably produced as a separate sheet, before the publication of The Large English Atlas. Described in Chubb, Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, entry CXCV, map 20, p. 157-159.
Publisher
Sold by I Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard
Contributor
Bowen, Emanuel, -1767
Date
1750
Type
Format
map
Identifier
macrepo:21632, local: RMC_3935
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Language
eng
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Coverage
Somerset (England), Europe--England--Somerset
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