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THIS is a handy catalogue of those maps of Surrey which find a place in the Croydon Public Libraries. The list is arranged in chronological order, and the first entry of an original map is Peter Keer's map of Surrey of 1599, published by Speed. We then find entries of maps by Norden; Speed (engraved by Jodocus Hondius), in many forms; Blaeu (1648); Jannson; Blome (engraved by Hollar); Morden (1695); Seller, “Surrey: actually survey'd and delineated” (1733); Rocque, on the large scale of 2 inches to the mile (1762); until we come to John Cary (1754–1835), and the beginning of the more modern type of map. There are altogether 176 different maps or editions tabulated and described, and the work has evidently been a labour of love for the author.
An Historical Catalogue of Surrey Maps.
By Henry A. Sharp. Pp. 56. (Croydon: The Central Library, 1929.) 3s. 6d. net.
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An Historical Catalogue of Surrey Maps . Nature 125, 161 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125161c0
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