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Maps, Westmorland, scale about 4.5 miles to 1 inch,
Cumberland, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert
Morden, 1701 amended by Herman Moll, 1708; published
1708-46?
Published in 'Fifty Six New and Accurate Maps of Great
Britain, Ireland and Wales; With All the Direct and Cross
Roads exactly treated in the maps, which are more Full and
Exact then any Extant, having all the Cities, Parliament and
Market Towns, Villages, Parks, Hundreds, Wapentacks, &c.
distinguish'd. Begun by Mr. Morden: Perfected, Corrected and
Enlarg'd by Mr. Moll ... London: Printed for John Nicholson
at the King's-Arms, and John Sprint at the Bell in
Little-Britain; Andrew Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in
Cornhill, and Ralph Smith under the Piazza of the Royal
Exchange. 1708.'
The atlas cost 7s. plain, 8s. coloured.
The map is altered from the 1701 version, a compass rose is
added; parliamentary boroughs are indicated by an asterisk -
this is perhaps the first map to show this information, and
some cities are distinguished by a cross; roads are amended,
new roads added, routes altered, destinations outside the
county added.
An advertisement on the back of the title page states 'The
maps have been all carefully Compar'd and Correct'd by Mr.
Ogilby's Large and Actual Survey, and are fitted to roll up
for the Pocket for the ease of Carriage; and when you have
done your Journey lay but a Weight upon them one night and
they will lie as flat as before, and be of use in your
Closet.'
An advertisement in the Daily Courant, 30 July 1708, '...
very useful for all that Travel, for by casting their Eye on
the maps and Directions they'll be thoroughly acquainted
with the Parts they are in.'
Published in 'Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua &
Nova. Or, A New Survey of Great Britain, wherein to the
Topographical Account given by Mr. Camden, and the late
Editors of his Britannia, is added a more large History, not
only of the Cities, Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes mentioned
by them, but also of many other Places of Note, and
Antiquities since discovered. Together with the Chronology
of the most remarkable Actions of the Britains, Romans,
Saxons, Danes, and Normans. The lives and Constitutions of
the Bishops of all our sees, Founders and Benefactors to our
Universities and Monasteries, the Sufferings of Martyrs, and
many other Ecclesiastical Matters. The Acts and Laws of our
Parliaments, with the Place of their Meeting. A Character of
such eminent Statesmen and Churchmen as have signalized
themselves by their wise Conduct and Writings. And the
Pedigrees of all our noble Families and Gentry both Ancient
and Modern, according to the best Relations extant.
Collected Composed by an impartial Hand. Vol.I. Containing
the Introduction, and the Counties of ... In the Savoy:
Printed by Eliz. Nutt; and Sold by M. Nutt in
Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, and J. Morphew near
Stationers-Hall, MDCCXX.' ie 1720.
At the end of the descriptive text there is a triangular
table of distances, decorated with coats of arms.
The atlas exists in a 6 volume set with the counties in
alphabetical order; Cumberland in vol.1, Westmorland in
vol.6. It was also published as a series of monthly parts at
1/- each, from 1714, by various proprietors, the project did
not end till 1730.
The authorship of the descriptive text is uncertain; Rev
Anthony Hall, Queen's College, Oxford, probably wrote the
introduction; the other parts cannot safely be ascribed to
anyone.
The map is unchanged; atlas size is 5 x 6 3/4 ins; the
county section of text ends with a triangular table of
distances which is revised version of Jenner's, based on
Norden's; some of the revisions are probably copying errors.
By 1730 the proprietor, then Thomas Cox, was offering
separate counties 'Whereas there are many Gentlemen who will
not go to the Price of a compleat set, yet are curious to
Know the History of their own County; and the former Method
of Publication not admitting of any County to be sold,
without Part of another with it, the Proprietors, to oblige
such Gentlemen, have now divided it into Counties, and
printed General Titles to each County, so that any Person
may have the History of any particular County entire by
itself.'
Published in 6 volumes 'Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova:
Or, a New, Exact, and Comprehensive Survey Of The Ancient
and Present State Of Great-Britain. ... the whole being more
Comprehensive and Instructive than Camden, or any Other
Author on this Subject. And Illustrated not only with
General Mapps, but also particular ones of each County, and
other Plates curiously Engraved, representing the Roman,
Saxon, and Danish Antiquities found in this Island: ...
Collected and Compiled from the Antiquities and Histories at
large of each County. With many Accounts accurately taken on
the Spot, and communicated by several Judicious Hands. ...
London, Printed for and sold by Caesar Ward and Richard
Chandler, Booksellers, at the Ship without Temple Bar, and
at their Shops in Coney Street, York, and at Scarborough
Spa. MDCCXXXVIII.' ie 1738, actually published 1739.
The atlas 3 guineas bound and gilt; 'N.B. Particular
Counties may be had separate.'; an advertisement in 1739
offers single counties 'neatly sew'd up in blue Paper, to
roll up in the Pocket.'; the title page was often Cox's with
a pasted slip carrying Ward and Chandler's imprint.
The map is unchanged from before.
Published in editions with spurious title pages dated
1700, 1720, 1720-31, in the 1790s.
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