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 CARY'S IMPROVED MAP OF ENGLAND.

THE Publisher commenced the Undertaking from a conviction that a Map of England upon a scale of sufficient magnitude to mark down the situation of Gentlemen's Seats through the country, would be a desideratum in English Geography; it is his intention to distinguish them in a prominent manner from the farm-houses and inferior buildings. To do this accurately, he feels that he must have recourse to local residents, and will therefore be highly obliged, if favoured with the names of Gentlemen who would have the goodness to revise the objects delineated in their immediate neighbourhood, as it is his anxious wish to render the orthography of the Map as correct as possible, which can only be effected by the assistance of Gentlemen who have local knowledge of the country. It has long been a subject of complaint, that in the County Atlasses the country is represented in a disjointed and unconnected form, the scale being generally regulated by the size of the paper, and not by that of the county; Rutland, for instance, being upon as large a sheet as Devonshire, conveying to the eye a false impression of their relative magnitudes; whilst, from the variety of scales, and the imperfect manner in which the confines are laid down, it is scarcely possible to trace the connexion between adjoining counties. Sensible of these difficulties, to which County Maps are subject, the Author has been induced to commence this Work, and which is already in a forward state. The Map will be founded upon the trigonometrical surveys made by command of the Board of Ordnance, by which the position of every place will be marked with accuracy.

The situation of Towns, Villages, Hamlets, and the Gentlemen's Seats, will be faithfully delineated, as well as the Roman Roads and Stations, and every other object tending to illustrate either the history or the antiquities of the country; at the same time great care will be taken to avoid confusion in the arrangement of the objects. The whole of the Turnpike Roads will be marked down, as well as the Parish Roads; distinguishing the Carriage Roads from the Bye Roads, which has never yet been attempted in any Map of England, and which the Publisher flatters himself will be found of considerable importance to the Traveller. The courses of the Canals and Rivers, as well as the navigable extent of the latter, will be shown. The unnecessary degree of blackness which prevails in our best Maps, confounds the objects, and makes it extremely difficult to read the names or distinguish the features of the country. The Publisher feels fully confident, that, by the plan he has adopted, he will be enabled completely to obviate this objection, and that the high grounds, with their proportionate expansion, will be distinctly shown, without injuring the perspicuity of the Map; and that dazzling effect which prevents the eye from readily catching the object sought, will be most carefully guarded against.

The map is laid down to a scale of Two Miles to an Inch, and will consist of Sixty-three Sheets, which may be mounted in any number of sections, or bound up to form a handsome volume, the size of Cary's Universal Atlas; and to render it more convenient in this form, portions of the Map are repeated, so that the connexion may be more readily traced. The size of each sheet will be 24 inches by 19 inches.

The Map will be published in 14 Parts: the price of each Part will be One Guinea, or 5s. 6d. for a single Sheet.

Those Gentlemen who intend to honour the Work with their patronage, and wish to obtain early impressions, are requested to transmit their names either through their Booksellers or to the Publisher, JOHN CARY, 181, Strand, as the copies will be delivered according to the date of the order.

Part the First, containing the whole of Cornwall and part of Devonshire, will be published early in the ensuing Autumn.