[MapHist] identification of detail from map

[Bob Karrow]

This is part of Henry Beighton's large map of Warwickshire, 1728.

Matthew Edney wrote:
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> Dear All:
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> http://www.accidentsurveys.com/images/History/1720_Perambulator.png
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> I have found an image on the web of a detail from a lower edge of an 
> engraved map, showing a carriage (presumably equipped with a 
> waywiser/odometer) and a perambulator; the surrounding text is in 
> English. The detail looks very familiar, but I cannot place it.
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> Can anyone identify it, please?
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> Many thanks,
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> Matthew
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