- John Cary
John Cary (circa 1754-1835) was an 18th century English
cartographer .Cary served his apprenticeship as an engraver in London, before setting up his own business in the Strand in 1783. He soon gained a reputation for his maps and globes, his atlas, "The New and Correct English Atlas" published in 1787, becoming a standard reference work in England.
In 1794 Cary was commissioned by the Postmaster General to survey England's roads. This resulted in "Cary's New Itinerary" (1798), a map of all the major roads in England and
Wales . He also producedOrdnance Survey maps prior to 1805.In his later life he collaborated on geological maps with the geologist William Smith. [ David Smith, ‘Cary, John (1755–1835)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004] His business was eventually taken over by G. F. Cruchley (1822-1875).
Cary's major works include:
*Actual Survey of the country fifteen miles around London (1786)
*New and Correct English Atlas (1787)
*Camden's Britannia (1789) - "maps for 1789 and 1806 editions"
*Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London (1790)
*Cary's Traveller's Companion (1790)
*New Maps of England and Wales with part of Scotland (1794)
*Inland Navigation; or Select Plans of the Several Navigable Canals throughout Britain (1795)
*Cary's New Itinerary (1798)
*New British Atlas (1805) "with John Stockdale"
*Cary's New Universal Atlas (1808)
*Cary's English Atlas (1809)
*New Elementary Atlas (1813)External links
* [http://www.mostlymaps.com/reference/Map-Makers/john-carey.php Brief biography at Mostly Maps]
References
*Allen, P. (1992). "The Atlas of Atlases". London: Ebury Press.
*Moreland, C. & Bannister, D. (1989) "Antique Maps". London: Phaidon Christies
*Tooley, R. V. (1987) "Maps and Map-Makers". London: Batsford
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