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FULL TITLE: A Chart showing the sea coast of England & Wales with ye fortifications, royal docks, harbours, sands, &c.

A map of Britain which must have been very useful to England’s opponents, France & Spain.

Full titleof Atlas: Chorographia Britanniae or A New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales: to which is prefix'd the following general Maps, viz.

I. An Accurate Chart of the Sea Coast, exhibiting all the Royal Docks, Fortifications, Harbours, Sands &c.

II. A Map of England and Wales, as divided into Counties, with the Names of all the Cities and County Towns; and the Length, Breadth, and Superficial Content of the Whole, and each County separately.

III. A Map of the great Roads from London, to all parts of South Britain; with Tables shewing the distance of each City, and Town upon the Road, from the Metropolis, both in Computed and Measured Miles.

IV. A Map of all the Cross Roads, from one great Town to another, with the distances from Town to Town, both by Computation and Measure.

With the particular Map of each County, is an Account of all the Cities, Boroughs, Market Towns, Parishes, and Rivers therein: the Number of Members it sends to Parliament, the Market and Fair days, and in those of Oxford and Cambridge, are the Names of all the Colleges and Halls, in both Universities, with Dates of their Foundations.

To the Whole is added an Alphabetical Index, of all the Cities, Boroughs, & Market Towns, properly distinguish'd from each other, and in what County they are situate.

This Collection (conveying a more comprehensive Idea of South Britain than any thing hitherto publish'd) was first Drawn and compiled into a Pocket Book by Order and for the Use of his late Majesty King George I. For his intended Tour thro’ England & Wales. By Thos. Badeslade Surveyor and Engrav'd by W. H. Toms.

Interestingly the title indicates that the book was compiled by order and for the use of K. George I. Unfortunately the atlas was first published in 1741, 14 years after the death of the King. In this edition, issued in 1747, there is a dedication:

‘To his Royal Highness, Frederick Prince of Wales &c. &c. &c. This work entitled Chorographia Britanniae: or a set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales, is most humbly inscribed by His Royal Highness’s most Obedient Servants, Tho. Badeslade & Will. Henry Toms’.

Fredrick, Prince of Wales died in 1751.

Although this edition was published in 1747, all the maps have the date Sept. 29. 1742.

The engraving has been washed & pressed by a qualified conservator.

Conditon: GG

Cartographer: Badeslade. T,

Date: 1742

Technique: Copper Engraving

Colour: Uncoloured

Width (cms) x Height (cms): 17.5 x 15.5

Ref: JJB1292