Benjamin Donn's Map of Devon 1765
The Religious Life of a Founding Father
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1965
22 pages
978-1-78744-768-4 (ISBN)
Description
Benjamin Donn, a surveyor from Bideford in north Devon, drew a one-inch map of Devon in 1765 which sought to survey the county as accurately as possible. This attractive facsimile comes with an introduction which discusses Donn, his surveying techniques, and the features he noted on the map.
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Devon & Cornwall Record Society
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Content
- Frontcover
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Donns of Bideford
- Benjamin Donn and the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
- The Making of the Map
- The Map of the count of Devon with the city and Country of Exeter
- Acknowledgements
- Plate I Letter from Donn, 1760
- Plate II Donn's Proposals, 1760
- Benjamin Donn's Map of Devon 1765
- Title Page
- Notice to the Public
- 'General View' of the country of Devon
- Map of Devon one inche to the mile, in 12x2 sheets (sheet 4a: City of Exeter
- Sheet 12a and 12b: Plymouth)
