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Guides to the Lakes

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Richard Brathwaite's Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England, 1638.

Christopher Saxton's Map of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1576.

Samuel Simpson's the Agreeable Historian or Compleat Travellers Guide, 1746.

John Jansson's map of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1646.

Thomas West's Guide to the Lakes, 1778-1821; 11th edition 1821 transcribed.

John Ogilby's strip maps for Westmorland and Cumberland, 1675.

Joseph Farington's prints of the lakes, 1789.

Robert Morden's maps of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1695.

Extracts and prints from Dr Syntax's Tour in search of the Picturesque, 1812.

Thomas West's Map of the Lakes, 1784 onwards.

Jonathan Otley's Concise Description of the English Lakes, 1823-1849; 5th edition 1835 transcribed.

Peter Crosthwaite's maps of lakes, 1783-94.

Thomas Rose's Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated, 1832-35.

James Clarke's maps of lakes, 1787.

William Ford's Description of Scenery in the Lake District, 1839; 3rd edn 1843 transcribed.

Jonathan Otley's Map of the District of the Lakes, 1818 onwards.

William Ford's Map of the Lake District, 1839; from his guide book, 3rd edn 1843.

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