Tourist Maps of Devon

John Murray - Handbook for Travellers Murray 2 - Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport 1   Size : 130 x 215 mm. SCALE OF YARDS (1000 = 45 mm).   PLYMOUTH, STONEHOUSE AND DEVONPORT . (Dd). Description: Area from Millbrook Creek south to Borough Boundary (NE). Map has page references etc. above top border:   70 (AaOS), Route 7 - Plymouth (CaOS) and Sect.1 (EaOS) on left page and DEVONSHIRE . (AaOS), Route 7. – Plymouth . (CaOS) and 71 (EaOS) on right hand page.  Illustrated.   1. 1865 A Handbook for Travellers in Devon and Cornwall. Sixth Edition, Revised London: John Murray. 1865, 1865 (1867). DevA ; TM . 2. 1872 All upper references removed. A Handbook for Travellers in Devon and Cornwall ... Eighth Edition revised London. John Murray. 1872, 1872 (1875). KB , BL ; KB ...

 John Murray - Handbook for Travellers John Murray's   Handbook for Travellers in Devon and Cornwall   was first published in 1850, but the early editions only contained county maps ( B&B 116 and 135 ). In 1863, with the appearance of the fifth edition, a map of Exeter was included for the first time although this was replaced by a map by Edward Weller   for the ninth edition. Although a plan of Plymouth appeared in 1872 (8 th edition), this too was replaced very quickly, and by 1879 (9 th ) a new map was included. In 1895, the eleventh and final edition of the Handbook was published. This had a large number of new maps produced by John Bartholomew   & Co. Dating the individual Murray editions is not as simple as it seems. Although all issues have a date on the title page, this can sometimes be misleading. John Lister, in his very good listing of the Murray guides, has used the publisher’s date as given on the title page and has noted that there are...

  ANON 1 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION   The British Association For The Advancement Of Science   was founded in 1831 on the lines of a German Institution. William Vernon Harcourt   and J F W Johnston   were leading advocates of the association in competition with the Royal Society. The first meeting was held in York but annual meetings were held in different cities. In 1869 Exeter was chosen, possibly at the instigation of William Cotton who was the Local Treasurer. Although a guide of sorts may have been printed for attendees only lists of participants and a copy of a specially produced map have been seen: the map has been loosely inserted into the map pocket of a copy of Murray’s Handbook to Travellers   (1859) [1] . However it is highly probable that the map was issued to participants as part of a welcome pack. Various lists were distributed to participants and the map may well have been attached to one. The first List of Members of the British Association w...