Cumberland Maps

12x18 cm

FROM THE "OWEN & BOWEN" POCKET ROAD BOOK BRITANNIA DEPICTA

CUMBERLAND

Map set below a decorative cartouche containing the title and details of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth, &c..
Road map of the first part of the route from Kendal to Keswick  verso.
Engraved text descriptions below the county map and alongside and below the road map 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.
Good example in fine hand colour both sides.
For full description of the road, go to category: Maps > British Isles > RoadMaps > Owen & Bowen