COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cary, John
Date:
1787
Short Title:
Westmoreland.
Publisher:
John Cary
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
22
Obj Width cm:
27
Scale 1:
454,000
County:
Westmoreland (England)
Full Title:
Westmoreland.
List No:
12501.079
Series No:
79
Publication Author:
Cary, John
Pub Date:
1787
Pub Title:
Cary's New and Correct English Atlas being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys. ... Directions for the junction of the Roads from one County to Another. London: Printed for John Cary, Engraver ... 1787.
Pub Note:
Maps in outline color. First Edition of the earliest atlas issued by this prolific mapmaker, devoted to the counties of South Britain and Wales. "In his influence on the cartography of Great Britain Cary may be ranked with Saxton and with Ogilby, and in one respect he had an advantage over them Cary was himself an engraver The maps of Cary are usually marked by the excellence of their workmanship as well as by a standard of accuracy far in advance of that attained in England before his time; he probably deserves the high praise bestowed on him by Sir George Fordham, as being the founder of the modern English school of cartography." (Chubb, p. xvi)
Pub List No:
12501.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
47
Pub Height cm:
32
Pub Width cm:
27
Image No:
12501079.jp2
Authors:
Cary, John
Link To Source
Westmoreland.
