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Scroll Britannia: the UK’s First Road Maps
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7906955d-769e-4f15-9de2-3207c65914bc/966E8E6A-416D-4626-B87B-94DC52EF735A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/ogilby.jpg?w=1024&h=739" href="http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/ogilby.jpg?w=1024&h=739" style="font-size: 11px;">strangemaps.files.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/ogilby.jpg?w=1024&h=739"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/img/E4911AF2-33F4-497D-A46C-0195BCABBB24" alt="http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/ogilby.jpg?w=1024&h=739" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/405-scroll-britannia-the-uks-first-road-map/" href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/405-scroll-britannia-the-uks-first-road-map/" style="font-size: 11px;">strangemaps.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/405-scroll-britannia-the-uks-first-road-map/">This <STRONG>extraordinary map</STRONG>, dating from 1675, details <EM>The Road From LONDON to the LANDS END Comencing at the Standard in Cornhill and Extending to Senan in Cornwall</EM>. It was made by <EM>IOHN OGILBY </EM></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mapforum.com/01/ogilby.htm" href="http://www.mapforum.com/01/ogilby.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mapforum.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mapforum.com/01/ogilby.htm"><TABLE hspace="60" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="221" height="300" align="LEFT" src="http://www.mapforum.com/01/ogilby.jpg" /></TD><TD><CENTER><IMG width="80" height="79" src="http://www.mapforum.com/01/../r.gif" /> <BR /><H2>JOHN <BR />OGILBY</H2></CENTER> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/405-scroll-britannia-the-uks-first-road-map/" href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/405-scroll-britannia-the-uks-first-road-map/" style="font-size: 11px;">strangemaps.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/405-scroll-britannia-the-uks-first-road-map/"><FONT size="2">The atlas <STRONG>set the standard</STRONG> for using 1760 yards for the mile, and a scale of one inch to the mile. It contained a large number of strip road maps like these, which proved popular in planning journeys throughout the United Kingdom.</FONT></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/oinitial.htm" href="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/oinitial.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.oldmaps.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/oinitial.htm"><H1>Ogilby's Road Maps of England and Wales</H1></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/image/ogilbydet/1.jpg" href="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/image/ogilbydet/1.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.oldmaps.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/27.htm"><H4>Crewkerne to Plymouth</H4></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/image/OGILBYMAPS/27.jpg" href="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/image/OGILBYMAPS/27.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.oldmaps.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/30.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD colspan="2"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/image/ogilbydet/30.jpg"> <IMG width="300" alt="Detail" src="http://www.oldmaps.co.uk/image/ogilbydet/30.jpg" /></A> </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; 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