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John Cary: A New Map of the Circle of Westphalia, from the Latest Authorities.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
John Cary (1755–1835)  wikidata:Q3446124 s:en:Author:John Cary
 
Alternative names
J. Cary; John Cary sr.; John Cary the elder
Description cartographer, printmaker, mapseller, printseller, globe maker and merchant
Date of birth/death 23 February 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 16 August 1835 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Corsley Edit this at Wikidata Mortlake Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1779 Edit this at Wikidata–1835 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3446124
Title
A New Map of the Circle of Westphalia, from the Latest Authorities.
Description
English: An extremely attractive example of John Cary’s 1799 map of the Westphalia region of Germany. Covers from the North Sea to the Lower Rhine. Includes much of Holland, Belgium and Lower Saxony as well. Highly detailed with color coding according to region. Shows forests, cities, palaces, forts, roads, rivers, and offshore sandbars. All in all, one of the most interesting and attractive atlas maps of Westphalia to appear in first years of the 19th century. Prepared in 1799 by John Cary for issue in his magnificent 1808 New Universal Atlas .
Date 1799 (dated)
Dimensions height: 18.5 in (46.9 cm); width: 20.5 in (52 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,18.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,20.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Westphalia-cary-1799
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Cary, John, Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing distinct maps of all the principal states and kingdoms throughout the World. From the latest and best authorities extant. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver and Map-seller, No. 181, near Norfolk Street, Strand, 1808.

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