1839 Map of the County of Kent - taken from Pigot and Co's British Atlas Comprising the Counties of England (upon which are laid down all railways completed and in progress) by Pigot and Co - 1839

Pigot & Co, London and Manchester, 1839. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Map Dated from reference to British Library catalogue and title-page of atlas. This is the coloured map titled "Kent" and sheet entitled "Kent". The map, a hand-coloured (prior to initial binding) steel engraving contains a vignette of Cantebury Cathedral. The inner side of the Kent county boundary is coloured yellow, inner boundaries of adjacent counties of Surrey, Sussex and Essex are coloured pale green and pink. Wooded areas and rough ground are indicated. Country estates are coloured dark green. Coastlines are coloured pale blue, harbours, bays and estuaries are named, as is the Strait of Dover. The map shows cities, market towns, villages and hamlets, the distance between the towns and cities and London is shown, also shown are the numbers of members returned for each borough and polling places. Towns shown include: Ashford, Bromley, Canterbury, Dartford, Deal, Deptford, Dover, Folkestone, Gravesend, Greenwich, Maidstone, Margate, Ramsgate, Rochester, Sandwich, Tunbridge and Woolwich, distances between these towns are given in a table on the accompanying sheet. Mail roads, Turnpike roads, cross roads, lanes and other minor routes are shown with distances marked between Market Towns on the Turnpike Roads. Railways, rivers and canals are shown, including the River Thames, the River Medway and the South Eastern Railway. Mail and Turnpike roads and towns and principal villages in the neighbouring parts of adjacent counties are also shown. The boundaries of the "Hundreds" are shown and the names of each Hundred are identified in the key. The border includes longitude and latitude references and the scale is given in the bottom border which for this map is 1.5 inches to 10 miles. The map is a little darkened with some very faint spotting but otherwise clean and free from tears. The bootom corners of the sheet have small creases which are entirely contained in the outer area of the margin. The accompanying printed sheet has a rough and slightly stained previously bound edge and a small fold in the bottom right corner but is otherwise very good. Item Type: Map. Disbound. No dust jacket, as published. Single sheet map/chart. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45017044027. 50% discount on selected books during January 2018. Prices shown include this discount..