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John Cary: A New Map of Scotland.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Cary  (–1835)  wikidata:Q3446124 s:en:Author:John Cary
 
Alternative names
J. Cary
Description cartographer, engraver, mapseller, printseller and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 23 February 1755 / 1754 Edit this at Wikidata 16 August 1835 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Corsley Mortlake
Work period 1788 / 1793 / 1797 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3446124
Title
A New Map of Scotland.
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English: A very attractive example of John Cary’s stupendous four sheet 1801 map of Scotland. Covers the entirety of Scotland as well as parts of neighboring England and Ireland. Inset maps detail the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands. Offers extraordinary detail on the whole of Scotland with special attention to topography, historical notations, and roadways. Note mileage. Four sheets designed to be united into a single massive wall map of Scotland see the Rumsey example, 1675.011. All in all, one of the largest and most highly detailed maps of Scotland to appear in first years of the 19th century. Prepared in 1799 by John Cary for issue in his magnificent 1808 New Universal Atlas.
Date 1801 (dated)
Dimensions height: 35 in (88.9 cm); width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,35U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,40U218593
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Geographicus link: Scotland-cary-1801
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Cary, John, Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing distinct maps of all the principal states and kingdoms throughout the World. From the latest and best authorities extant. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver and Map-seller, No. 181, near Norfolk Street, Strand, 1808.

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