Name: Antique Map-EXETER-TRURO-ROAD-MAP-Ogilby-1675
SKU: PICTURA-06514
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Antique Map-EXETER-TRURO-ROAD-MAP-Ogilby-1675

€275.00

‘THE ROAD FROM EXETER TO TRUROE IN COM. CORWL. BY JOHN OGILBY ESQR HIS MA.TIE’S COSMOGRAPHER. CONTAINING 78 MILES 1 FURL. FROM EXETER TO DUNFORD 9 3, TO LAUNCESTON 22 2, TO LIFCITHIEL 17, TO GRAMPOUND 9, TO TRUROE 7.’

– Early English road map from John Ogilby’s Britannia (1675), illustrating the route from Exeter to Truro in strip format. An important map for 17th-century travelers, showing landmarks along the road through Devon and Cornwall.

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Description

Medium: Copper engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 47.5 x 37 cm (18.7 x 14.57 inch). Image size: 45 x 34 cm. (17.72 x 13.39 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Paper edges slightly worn with some chipping. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOHN OGILBY, BRITANNIA, ENGLISH ROAD MAP, DEVON MAP, CORNWALL MAP, ANTIQUE TRAVEL MAPS, 17TH-CENTURY CARTOGRAPHY, STRIP MAP, EXETER, TRURO, EARLY ENGLISH ROADS | MAPS-FOREIGN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by John Ogilby, London, circa 1675.

Biography engraver: John Ogilby (1600-1676) was an English geographer, publisher, and cartographer. Initially a poet and translator, he became a royal cosmographer and produced Britannia (1675), an influential road atlas standardizing English miles and distances.