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North Wales, Sheet 11 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

1 : 126720 Topographic maps Bartholomew, John George John Bartholomew & Co
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Comitatvs Caernarvoniensis; vernacule Carnarvon-Shire. et Mona insvla vulgo Anglesey

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 36 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Sheets 38-39. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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Dolgelley - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Pwllheli - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Snowdon - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Caernarvon

1 : 31680 This drawing of Caernarfon Bay is formally titled in the top left margin. An area calculation table survives in black ink with the area surveyed totalling 160;184.1761 square miles. Archaeological sites are named in gothic script. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations ('spot heights') in red ink, indicating the heights of hills. Pencil rays radiate from trigonometrical stations across the map. These were used for measuring and plotting topographical features. Dawson, Robert
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Cernioge Inn

1 : 31680 This plan of the southern fringes of Snowdonia includes the Manod and Moelwyn mountains. The drawing is formally titled, with the scale of the drawing noted and the area of the land recorded as 188.84 square miles. Archaeological sites are named in gothic script. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations ('spot heights') in red and black ink, indicating the heights of hills. Altitudes shown in red have been trigonometrically ascertained; those in black are estimated. Dawson, Robert
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Cader Idris

1 : 31680 This plan of south Snowdonia runs from Cardigan Bay inland to the Cader Idris. Types of land use are indistinguishable in this drawing as no clear symbols have been used. The purple 'Ordnance Survey Manuscript Store' stamp at the top right margin is dated 9th April 1881. Dawson, Robert
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Arran Mowddy

1 : 31680 Below the formal title of this drawing, at the bottom left margin, an annotation informs the reader that trigonometrically ascertained altitudes are written in red ink, while estimated altitudes are in black. These numerical annotations are combined with colour washes and pencil interlinings ('hachures') to indicate relief. Archaeological sites are named in gothic script and an area calculation table is given in black ink. A note signed by the draughtsman Robert Dawson thanks Reverend R Davies of Bangor for correcting Welsh placenames. Dawson, Robert
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Harlech

1 : 31680 Below the formal title of this drawing, at the bottom right margin, an annotation tells the reader that ascertained altitudes are in red ink and estimated altitudes in black.Combined with colour washes depicting relief, these numerical annotatio. Dawson, Robert
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Nevin (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Nevin (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Pwllheli (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Pwllheli (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Snowdon (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Snowdon (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Harlech (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Harlech (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Barmouth (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Barmouth (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Tremadoc

1 : 31680 This plan by Robert Dawson,covers a coastal section of the Lleyn Peninsula in,Caenarvonshire. The drawing is formally titled at the top left margin and the area of the land is recorded,as 126.21,square miles. Archaeological sites are noted in gothic script., Colour washes are combined with numerical annotations,to indicate the relative relief and,height of hills. Dawson, Robert
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Carnarvon (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Carnarvon (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Pwllheli

1 : 31680 This is a plan,of a coastal section of the Lleyn Peninsula in,Wales., The numerical annotations, or spot heights, shown in red ink at the top of hills and eminences,are trigonometrically tested altitudes. This drawing is formally titled and the area of the land recorded,as 100.8 square miles. The manuscript paper carries a watermark from the James Whatman Turkey Mill, Kent, dated 1814. Dawson, Robert
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Bala

1 : 31680 This drawing shows part of the Cambrian Mountains in north west Wales. An area calculation table survives in black ink in the bottom right margin beneath the formal title. Colour washes depicting relief are combined with numerical annotations of the heights of the hills. The author of the drawing, Robert Dawson, explains that these altitudes were trigonometrically ascertained, "except those distinguished by a note of interrogation, which are only a judgement." One of the best surveyors and draughtsmen, Dawson was employed on the Ordnance Survey for over forty years, also working as an instructor. Dawson, Robert
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Bangor (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Bangor (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Corwen (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Corwen (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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