Maps of Thanet

Maps of Thanet

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Kent XXIV.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV.8 (includes: Margate; St Nicholas At Wade) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV.8 (includes: Margate; St Nicholas At Wade) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV.7 (includes: Herne Bay; St Nicholas At Wade) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV.7 (includes: Herne Bay; St Nicholas At Wade) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV.7 (includes: Herne Bay; St Nicholas At Wade) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Kent XXIV - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Margate, Kent

Drawing showing the Isle of Thanet in Kent, including Reculver, Margate and Ramsgate. Pencil lines radiate from central points on this plan, indicating the locations from which the surveyor took angular measurements to plot the relative positions of prominent features in the landscape. The coastline is carefully observed. Rocky outcrops are noted pictorially and sand indicated by a dotted yellow tint. The pier at Ramsgate is recorded along with the harbour gate. Several corrections appear in black ink. Windmills are shown in elevation.
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Bishopsbourne, Kent

This field sketch provides an instructive contrast to the meticulous detail found in more finished drawings. Working roughly in black ink, the draughtsman has recorded field boundaries, relief and the details of the settlements.
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A topographical-map, of the county of Kent, 10

1 Blatt : 54 x 71 cm A. Dury, W. Herbert
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A Chart of the Isle of Thanet and Sandwich Marsh

This is a plan of Sandwich Haven, the River Stour, the Isle of Thanet and the Wantsum Channel, Kent,possibly dating from around 1548. At this time the Sandwich harbour was in a state of decay. The course of the lower part of the River Stour, between Sandwich and the sea is a series of bends. This made it difficult to navigate, especially with the increasing lengths of 16th century ships, and also prone to becoming blocked with deposits of silt. The idea of making a new artificial channel directly east between Sandwich and the sea was proposed by the military engineer John Rogers, as a way to solve the problem. Although work started on the new channel during the reign of Edward VI it was abandoned with nothing more occurring until 1559 when a new report was submitted. This report suggested that the cut be made south of the line proposed by Rogers as here the marsh land was lower and a deep channel at high water would be easier to excavate. The author of this new report and the map which accompanies it are unknown. The only name on the map is Littlejoy which is written under the compass star. The map is drawn at a scale of 7 inches to 10 miles. Littlejoy
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Nieuwe afteekening van het Margat en Noord Voorlandt met alle desselfs gelegenthede

England Gerard van Keulen
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Carte réduite de la rade des dunes

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 56 x 40 cm Bellin s.n.
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Partie de l'Angleterre

1 : 110000 Anglie jižní Fricx, Eugene Henry Harrewyn, Jacques chez Eugene Henry Fricx
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East Kent - OS One-Inch Map

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To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens, and Elder Brethren, of the Trinity House, this chart of the Downs and Margate Roads is ... dedicated

1 : 56000 Heather, W. (William) Heather, W. (William)
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Sheet 27. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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Mouths of the Thames and Medway from Ipswich to Sandwich and Maldon and Rochester to the Sea

This is a map showing the mouths of the Thames and the Medway from Ipswich to Sandwich and Maldon and Rochester to the sea. It dates from around 1544 and is annotated Rycherd Cavendishe made this carde’. Richard Cavendish was a master gunner who had supervised new defence works at Berwick and Wark in 1522-3. The map seems to have been made with the purposes of defence and navigation in mind. Coastal forts and navigational channels are shown. The shoreline is exaggerated in order to illustrate clearly how an enemy might move ashore and how they might be stopped. In this case the enemy was England’s ancient adversary France, with whom hostilities had resumed in 1542. This map of the vulnerable south east coast, was made against this historical background. The fear of a French invasion was very real. In 1514 the French had invaded Brighton, and in 1545 French ships entered the Solent and landed on the Isle of Wight. The lines which cover the sea areas of the map are called rhumb lines. These are lines of constant bearing that radiate from compass roses and allow the sailor to plot a course from harbour to harbour using dividers and straight edge. Vignettes of several towns are included on this map, Sandwich, Rochester and Canterbury are shown. The view of Essex is possibly derived from a survey Cavendish made in 1520. Other settlements are formalized showing rows of red roofed houses with a church in the centre. A scale bar annotated by 3’ is included, however, as this occupies a green painted area it is likely that this was added later. Cavendish, Richard
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Kent, Sheet 31 - 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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Chart of the mouth of the River Thames, c1540

This map, showing parts of Kent and Sussex, comes from a 16th-century portfolio of coastal charts and drawings It incorporates miniature copies of town plans that are now lost including what are probably the earliest plans of Canterbury, Rochester and Sandwich The mapmaker was Sir Richard Cavendish With its emphasis on sandbanks and beaches, the map was evidently intended for navigation and defence purposes The decorative quality of the map suggests it was meant for the eyes of the king, Henry VIII North is to the left of the map and East to the top, making the map appear on its side to modern eyes Cavendish, Sir Richard
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An accurate map of the county of Essex, divided into its hundreds

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Essex f. 10

This map of Essex is taken from a work entitled ""A CHOROGRAPHICALL description of the several Shires and Islands of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Hamshire, Weighte, Garnesey and Jersey, performed by the travel and view of John Norden, 1595."" The map forms part of an omnibus volume of Norden's intended series of county guides, the Speculum Britanniae, which was never completed. It is dedicated to Elizabeth I, in whose reign the use of maps became more common. Under Elizabeth’s patronage the first, mostly accurate and detailed image of Britain was recorded by Christopher Saxton in his atlas of 1579. The volume that this map is from was meant for presentation to the Queen in the hope of securing her financial support for the project. This map of Essex is derived from Saxton’s work, in that relief is shown pictorially by small hill symbols, woodland and parks are shown by small trees, the later with a fence surrounding and surrounding counties are left blank. The main difference however between this and the Saxton maps is that this includes the road network and indicates the homes of the leading aristocracy and gentry. Roads are shown in beige, clearly linking the settlements, which are shown pictorially and highlighted with a red dot. London appears in the lower left corner. This development is significant as it shows the progression from a presentation of the county, to a means to practically navigate it. As a further tool in this endeavour the map is squared off with an Alpha numeric border. The depiction of roads and the orientation grid are derived from German prototypes. The Elizabethan coat of arms, appears to the left and sea monsters and ships provide decoration. Norden, John
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Cantium vernacule Kent

1 : 130000 Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium
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Essexia comitatvs

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 40 x 51 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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CANTIVM | Vernacule | KENT.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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Provincia di Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 18 x 29 cm Zatta; Zuliani; Pitteri presso Antonio Zatta
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A map of the county of Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 49 x 70 cm Kitchin; Dury; Andrews; Herbert A. Dury
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An accurate map of the county of Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 50 x 69 cm Bowen; Hinton sold by J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard
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Cantivm vernacule Kent

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 51 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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