The Post Roads of Europe
By ROCQUE, John , 1786

A General Map of the Post Roads of Europe wherein all the post stages with their distances are particularly expressed.

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  • 作者: ROCQUE, John
  • 出版地: London
  • 出版商: Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, as the Act directs
  • 发布日期: May 26th 1786.
  • 物理描述: Large hand coloured engraved map dissected into 24 sections, laid on linen, edged with green silk and folded into original marbled paper covered slip case, paper label, engraved by J. Gibson.
  • 方面: 850 by 900mm (33.5 by 35.5 inches).
  • 库存参考: 12283

笔记

A fine example of one of the earliest post road maps of Europe.

The map extends north to south from Edinburgh to the Straits of Gibraltar, and west to east from Portugal to Cadiz. In England and Ireland the distance between towns are in miles. On the continent roads are marked every 2 leagues, with the number of Posts: one, one and half, and two. The scale bars provide for measurement in English miles, Italian miles, Irish miles, two types of league, and German miles.

Originally published by John Rocque in 1758, this is a rare later issue published by Sayer with just the Cambridge and British Library copies listed on Copac.

参考书目

  1. BL Maps C.27.a.28.
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