John Cary - The NEW MAP of ENGLAND and WALES

Cary's New Map of England and Wales consisted of a total of 81 nearly square maps and was first published by John Cary, in London in 1794. It was also sold as a hand-coloured engraved map in three separate sections, each dissected into 27 sheets and mounted on linen, edged in green silk, with inset maps of Scilly Isles and a General Map of the Counties of England and Wales, folded into the original marbled pull-off slipcase. Dimensions: (if joined) 2310 by 1830 mm (91 by 72 inches), each section being 790 by 1830 mm (31 by 72 inches). Scale: one inch : 5 miles. 

Devon is shown on four sheets (map sheet 4 is only English Channel). 

Cary 1a-d New Map of England and Wales

Size: 250 x 205 mm (+/‑5).                                                                                       No scale.

No Title but all maps have the following distinguishing feature: Plate No. in a small box (CaOS or CeOS) which is flanked by the numbers of the adjacent sheets; four line border, whereby one line is thick; some sheets have an imprint: Published by J Cary June 1st 1794. (CeOS). The western boundary is on sheets 2 and 11, which cover most of Cornwall.

1a. As described with Plate number 3: shows an area from Rame Head to Dawlish and inland to Bovey Tracey and Tavistock. Illustrated top.

1b. As described with Plate number 11: shows an area from Hartland to Padstow and inland to Launceston. Illustrated centre.

1c. As described with Plate number 12: shows an area from Barnstaple Bay to Minehead and inland to St Mary Tavy and Moreton Hampstead. Illustrated below.

1d. As described with Plate number 13: shows an area from Dunster (Somerset) to Wells and Shepton Mallet at top to Exmouth and Langton Herring (in Dorset) at bottom.

1. 1794    

Cary's New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland Second Edition Corrected to 1824 

London. John Cary. 1824.            BL[1].




 

For Cary´s county maps refer to The Printed Maps of Devon entries 51, 54, 55, 69, 71, 73 and 92. Click reference number to open directly.

For Cary´s Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by Cary and others - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by John Heydon - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by A H Swiss - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by Arthur Westley - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by Thomas Doidge - click here.

For the 2 sections of Improved Map of England and Wales as used by Beatrix Cresswell - click here.

For the section of Cary´s Reduced Ordnance Map of England and Wales as issued by G F Cruchley to show Dartmoor Maneouvres - click here.

To return / access the Catalogue of Maps in this work - click here

[1] BL Maps C.6.c.64. Ilustrations are from early loose sheets (probably first edition); the only full atlas seen is at the BL (second edition).

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