| MAPS BY JOHN SPEED (1611 -
1770) |
| John Speed, a tailor's son from Cheshire is,
perhaps, the most famous of British cartographers
and one of the earliest. |
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| MAPS BY ROBERT MORDEN
(1695-1772) |
| Robert Morden worked as a bookseller,
publisher, geographer and cartographer from
1668-1703 when he died, although his maps
continued to be published for another 69 years
after that. |
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| MAPS BY JOHN OGILBY
(1675) |
| These are the first ever road maps, by John
Ogilby, a most versatile and colourful character,
who, when young, was a dancing master and who
finally became Charles II cartographer and Graphic
printer. |
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| MAPS BY BOWEN AND KITCHIN FROM
THE LARGE ENGLISH ATLAS (1765) |
| This atlas contains some of the most
decorative and informative county maps one can
find for sale. The "Large English Atlas" was
produced by two famous cartographers, Emanuel
Bowen and Thomas Kitchin. |
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| MAPS BY CHARLES SMITH
(1804) |
| These large detailed maps were published in
Smith's "NEW Atlas" in 1804, by a firm of
engravers, Jones and Smith and reprinted until
1846. They are from the first edition and have
excellent original colour. These uncommon maps are
beautifully engraved and in good condition. |
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| COUNTY MAPS BY THOMAS MOULE
(Published c 1848) |
| These were first published in the "English
Counties Delineated" in 1836 - 1837 and later in
"Barclay's Dictionary" in 1842 - 1852, when the
county maps included the first railways. They are
typically Victorian in style and the most
decorative maps of the period. |
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