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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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artist QS:P170,Q3446124
Title
Cary’s Reduction of his Large Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland; Comprehending the whole of the Turnpike Roads, With the Great Rivers and the Course of the different Navigable Canals: also The Market and Borough Town, and principal places adjoining the Road. To which is added, the Actual distance from one Market Town to another, with The exact admeasurement prefixed to each from the Metropolis. Published by Order of, and Dedicated with Permission to The Right Honorable the Post Masters General, by their Lordships, much Obliged & Obedient Servant, John Cary.
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English: An important 1796 Case Map of England, Wales and the Southern part of Scotland by John Cary. This is in fact a reduction of Cary’s seminal and enormous large format map of England and Wales produced a few years previously. Map depicts the region in impressive detail with special attention to matters of trade and transport – roads, tolls, bridges, canals, etc. Dissected into 16 sheets and mounted on linen. Dated at base, Feb 20, 1796.
Date 1796
date QS:P571,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 24 in (60.9 cm); width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,24U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,30U218593
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