Cary's new and correct English atlas : being a new set of county maps from actual surveys. Exhibiting all the direct & principal cross roads, cities, towns, and most considerable villages, parks, rivers, navigable canals &c. preceded by a general map of South Britain, shewing the connexion of one map with another. Also a general description of each county, and directions for the junction of the roads from one county to another
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Title: Cary's new and correct English atlas : being a new set of county maps from actual surveys. Exhibiting all the direct & principal cross roads, cities, towns, and most considerable villages, parks, rivers, navigable canals &c. preceded by a general map of South Britain, shewing the connexion of one map with another. Also a general description of each county, and directions for the junction of the roads from one county to another
Other titles: New and correct English atlas; Cary's English atlas
Classmark: Large Whitaker Collection 88
Creator(s): Cary, John (1754-1835)
Additional creator(s): Gosnell, Samuel (Other)
Related people: Gosnell, Samuel
Publisher: Printed for John Cary
Publication city: London
Date(s): July 1st, 1812
Language: English
Size and medium: 14, 12 p., [92] leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/299092
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003980709705181
Description
The title-page and the maps, except that of Rutland which is still dated July 1, 1809, have the date corrected to July 1, 1812--Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 56.
Each colour map accompanied by leaf of letterpress.
London or Greenwich meridians.
Relief shown by hachures.
Descriptions of the counties include lists of seats and views.
Includes lists of market and borough towns, with market days and distances from London, and principal post and sub-post towns with their receiving houses and times of arrival and departure.
Printer statement from colophon: Printed by S. Gosnell.
Spine title: Cary's English atlas.
Indexed in: Chubb CCLXV.
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