COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
Date:
1809
Short Title:
Composite Map: A two sheet map of the principality of Wales. Sheet 1-2
Publisher:
John Cary
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Composite Map
Obj Height cm:
88
Obj Width cm:
52
Scale 1:
365,000
Note:
Composite map of sheets 46:1-2: A two sheet map of the principality of Wales.
Country:
Wales
Full Title:
(Composite Map) A two sheet map of the principality of Wales : divided into counties : London printed for C. Smith, no. 172 Strand January 6th. 1804. 2nd. edition corrected to 1808. (to accompany) Cary's new English atlas : being a complete set of county maps, from actual surveys, corresponding in size with his general atlas ...
List No:
13082.054
Page No:
(46-1-2)
Series No:
54
Engraver or Printer:
Smith, Charles
Publication Author:
Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
Pub Date:
1809
Pub Title:
Cary's new English atlas : being a complete set of county maps, from actual surveys, corresponding in size with his general atlas ... by John Cary, as well as others, both direct and cross ; rivers, navigable canals, parks, heaths, commons, &c. &c. Exhibiting also the whole of the market and borough towns, parishes, and hamlets ... London: Printed for J. Cary, engraver and map-feller, No. 181 near Norfok Street, Strand, 1809.
Pub Note:
First published in 1787/88, Cary's 'New English Atlas' was one of the most revolutionary county atlases ever printed. "In his influence on the cartography of Great Britain Cary may be ranked with Saxton and with Ogilby". For the 1809 edition, an entirely new set of maps had to be engraved that emphasized detail, clarity and accuracy. The atlas consists of double-page engraved title and 46 double-page county maps, some multiple sheets, copperplate engraving hand-colored, descriptive text pages, index and errata at end, printed contents slip pasted to front free endpaper. Maps dated 1801-1809. Bound in Light brown worn marbled paper-covered boards. Quarter bound with medium brown leather, with title "English Atlas" on spine. Cary made this atlas much larger than his earlier and smaller English County Atlas of 1787 (see our 12501.000) and intended it to accompany his Universal Atlas of 1808 (see our 1657.000). There is a remarkable resemblance between the maps of this atlas and those in Smith's New English Atlas. Cary's atlas was reprinted in 1807, 1809, 1811, 1818, 1823, 1828 and 1833, and by Cruchley and others in 1855, 1869, 1879, 1883, 1885 and probably a number of other dates.
Pub List No:
13082.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
48
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
13082054.jp2
Authors:
Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
Link To Source
Composite Map: A two sheet map of the principality of Wales. Sheet 1-2
