Early roads, Exeter to Truro in Cornwall. Senex c1757

by Ogilby - Senex

18thC Strip Maps. England Roads, Exeter to Tavistock and Truro.

Exeter to Tavistock, Liscard, Loftwithiel, St. Austle, Grampound and Truro. On the reverse is the London road from Bagshot to Farnham in Surrey; Bentley, Frail, Alton, Bighton, Alresford and Southampton; and Southampton to Upton and Rumsey in Hampshire; and Whaddon, Alderbury and Salisbury in Wiltshire. Both maps are highlighted by fine colour. (previous + this map for one price)

These road maps are original copperplate engravings by John Senex c1757 after John Ogilby (with fine later hand-colour), for The Roads through England Delineated, or Ogilby’s Survey, Revised, Improved & Reduced to a Size Portable for the Pocket by John Senex, F.R.S. Being an Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England, and Wales, Distinctly laid down on one hundred & one Copper Plates on which are delineated all the cities, Towns, villages, Hills, Rivers, Brooks, Churches, capital Seats, and every place worthy of Note, throughout each ROAD; WITH The Addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr Ogilby, and Several necessary Corrections made in others; Together with a great number of explanatory references, by which this Edition of the Roads is render'd of more general Use for TRAVELLERS. - Printed for John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London 1757.

Approximate size of this map is 17 x 22cm (6 x 8.5 inches).