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In the first half of the eighteenth century deficiencies in the
existing mapping of the English counties became apparent, but as
the century progressed new scientific principles were applied to
map making. By 1800 Cambridgeshire and Rutland were the only counties
lacking a modern large-scale map. The costs of surveying, drafting,
engraving and publishing a large-scale county map were considerable,
and such a project, like all those we have seen so far, had to be
privately funded. A common means of financing was by subscription,
and this was the method adopted by Richard Baker to fund his new
map of Cambridgeshire.
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