This map was originally designed as one of the series which accompanied Thomas Read's weekly topographical partwork, The English Traveller, published from 1743-46.The map plates were subsequently acquired by John Rocque and re-issued under the title The Small British Atlas in c 1753. The atlas was re-issued in 1762 and 1764, before the final appearance of some of the maps in the topographical work England Displayed in 1769. The maps are generally described as "Rocques", irrespective of the source publication from which they emanate. This example is from England Displayed.
This map was originally designed as one of the series which accompanied Thomas Read's weekly topographical partwork, The English Traveller, published from 1743-46.The map plates were subsequently acquired by John Rocque and re-issued under the title The Small British Atlas in c 1753. The atlas was re-issued in 1762 and 1764, before the final appearance of some of the maps in the topographical work England Displayed in 1769. The maps are generally described as "Rocques", irrespective of the source publication from which they emanate. This example is from England Displayed. Modern colour. Mounted.
Isle of Wight. Although often ascribed to John Rocque, this map, by an unknown cartographer and engraver, first appeared in The English Traveller, a partwork published by Thomas Read between 1743 and 1745. The plates were later acquired by John Rocque, who re-issued the maps as The Small British Atlas in 1753. In 1769 around two thirds of the maps made a final appearance in England Displayed, a topographical work by P. Russell and O. Price. This example of the Isle of Wight map is probably from this latter work, based on the faint traces of an erased plate number outside the top right border.
Although often ascribed to John Rocque, this map, by an unknown cartographer and engraver, first appeared in The English Traveller, a partwork published by Thomas Read between 1743 and 1745. The plates were later acquired by John Rocque, who re-issued the maps as The Small British Atlas in several editions between 1753 and 1764 In 1769 around two thirds of the maps (including that of Nottinghamshire) made a final appearance in England Displayed, a topographical work by P. Russell and O. Price. This example lacks a page number which dates it either to the map's first partwork appearance in June 1744, or to its final appearance in England Displayed in 1769.