Europe's earliest road atlas--from 1675
The first road atlas of its kind in western Europe, a 17th century book showing a highway network in England and Wales of just 73 roads, is to be sold at auction for up to £9,000.
The route atlas, published in 1675, includes 100 double pages of black and white maps laid out in continuous strips depicting the major roads and crossroads across England and Wales.
The work by John Ogilby – Britannia Volume the First, or an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales – also marks the first time in England that an atlas was prepared on a uniform scale, at one inch to a mile.
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The route atlas, published in 1675, includes 100 double pages of black and white maps laid out in continuous strips depicting the major roads and crossroads across England and Wales.
The work by John Ogilby – Britannia Volume the First, or an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales – also marks the first time in England that an atlas was prepared on a uniform scale, at one inch to a mile.