Brecknockshire

12x18 cm

A MAP of BRECKNOCK SHIRE
Map set below a decorative cartouche containing the title and details of the road from Chester to Cardiff.
Road map of the first part of the route verso.

Engraved by Emanuel Bowen (1693?-1767) and published in the pocket road book Britannia Depicta by Thomas Bowles from 1720 to 1764. The county maps were based on Robert Morden's small series published in The New Description and State of England... from 1701. Text descriptions compiled by John Owen.

For full description of the road, go to the listing under category: RoadMaps > Owen & Bowen.
For more information on Britannia Depicta, see the description in the category heading for Owen & Bowen.