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A road atlas, it contains two hundred and seventy three road maps along with drawings of landmarks and miniature county maps of each of the counties of England and Wales. It augmented John Ogilby's original with additional historical and heraldic detail. As the atlas was printed with maps on both
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for Britain. It was printed in numerous editions over many decades from 1720 into the 19th century and updated with engravings by many artisans who worked from drawings of other artists. It featured
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were included in Cadell and Davies' six-volume "modernisation" of the illustrated atlas. His contributions include topographical
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Illustrations in the Cadell & Davies editions were made by artists including:
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Engravers who worked on the Cadell & Davies editions include:
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The Quarterly Review of 1816 reported it was ordered along with
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View from Matlock High Tor from a painting by Joseph Farington
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sides of each page, this resulted in a handier-sized book.
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atlas over many years, with accompanying descriptions by
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Index

Britannia depicta

road atlas
strip maps

John Ogilby
Britannia
road atlas
scale
Emanuel Bowen
Bowen & Owen

Matlock, Derbyshire
Joseph Farington
Cadell & Davies
Samuel Lysons
Magna Britannia

Joseph Farington
William Angus (engraver)
M. S. Barenger
John Byrne (engraver)
Letitia Byrne
William Byrne (engraver)
George Cooke (engraver)
Frederick Rudolph Hay
John Landseer
Samuel Middiman
James Neagle
Charles Pye (engraver)

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