A MAP OF SUSSEX FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES

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Attractive large and finely engraved map of Sussex by John Cary for the Stockdale edition of Camden's Britannia. Features include no less than sixty-one hundreds listed lower left and delineated on the map. Later colour.

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Good condition.

code : M3467

Cartographer : CARY John

Date : 1806 London

Size : 36*50 cms

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John Cary (1755-1835) was a renowned and active map engraver and publisher, working between 1787 and 1834 in London. Cary’s publications did much to advance the quality and clarity of data presentation on maps. His county maps for Richard Gough’s edition of Camden’s Britannia in 1789 evidenced much improved hachuring (shading to show land relief and physical features) when compared with earlier examples – Cary’s hachuring was much less overbearing than that used by other mapmakers at this time and did not obscure map data.