Title / Subject: Road map running through part of Northumberland and Cumberland

Date: c.1724

Size: sheet measures approximately 132mm x 188mm

Cartographer / Engraver: Emanuel Bowen

Description: An interesting and attractive, original, antique, double-sided strip road map from a c.1724 edition of John Owen & Emanuel Bowen's 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd'.

The sheet of hand-laid paper is printed on both sides. The copper-engraved strip maps (with accompanying information about the locations along the route and embellishments such as coats of arms) are pages 231 & 232 of 'Britannia Depicta'. They have significant detail of topography and place names with the main locations along the route as follows:

Page 231 - Newcastle, Hexham

Page 232 - Carlisle

Provenance: 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd'

Condition: Very good condition. Slight age toning/handling marks. Please study the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.

Ref: #02992

Authenticity: this is an authentic item, published at the date stated in the title and accompanying description. Where an exact date is not known, the item is dated as circa (c.), e.g. c.1650. This indicates that it may have been printed/published a few years either side of the specified year.

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