The continuatiation of the Road from London to St Davids. Abingdon, Faringdon, Fairford, Barnsley, Gloucester & Monmouth, South
London. Date 1675 - 98. Leaf size [ 19 x 15 ins ]. Image Size [ 18 x 12 3/4 ins ].
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Description
Copper engraved Road Map. Each map strip shows towns, villages, mansions with owner's name, castles, wind mills, beacons, gallows, woods, rivers, and hills etc. Elaborate title cartouche and compass roses to each map strip. John Ogilby was the first cartographer to adopt the statute mile. Scale 1inch to the mile, each mile is divided into furlongs indicated by dots in the centre of the road. Map route - Abingdon, Fairford, Barnsley, Brimsfield, Gloucester & Monmouth, Guaranteed to be over 275 years old.
Technical Data
| Author | Ogilby. John. ( Antique Road Map). |
| Reference Number | 7234 |