Details

Subject(s)

• Roads—England—Devon—Maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Donor

• Willsie, Bruce C., 1957- [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Maps [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Maps—England—Devon—1675 [Browse]
• Strip maps—England—Devon—1675 [Browse]

Related work(s)

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. Britannia. [Browse]

Notes

• Relief shown pictorially and with hachures.
• Strip map, showing road in 6 segments, with numbered distances along road.
• "Containing 49 miles 0 furlongs vizt.: From the City of Exeter to Crediton ... to Chimleigh ... to Barnstable ... & to Ilfarcomb ... Continued from Ilfarcomb to Bediford & thence to Torington co. Devon ... vizt. to Bediford ... & to Torington ... "
• From: Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the Kingdom of England and dominion of Wales. London : Printed by the author ..., 1675.
• Includes coat of arms and other col. ill.
• Inside lower right border: 68.
• Plate is numbered, indicating it is probably from the 1st ed., 3d issue of Britannia. cf. M. Schuchard, A descriptive bibliography of the works of John Ogilby and William Morgan.

Source acquisition

Historic Maps copy is gift of Bruce Willsie.

References

• Harold Whitaker collection of county atlases, road-books & maps 240
• Schuchard, M. Descriptive bibliography of the works of John Ogilby 31c

OCLC

192102460

International Standard Recording Code

• HM2008-26

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