1801 BOWLES, C. / CARVER - Bowles's new four-sheet map of England and Wales. . .
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Bowles's new four-sheet map of England and Wales: Comprehending all the Cities, Boroughs, Market and Sea-Port Towns, Villages, Lakes, Rivers, Forests, Ruins, Canals, and Principal Seats of the Nobility, with the Roads ... To which is added The South Part of Scotland, and East of Ireland, with the Maritime Provinces of France from Dunkirk to Brest ... Bowles & Carver Published as the act directs 2 Jan.1801.
Folding maps
Most published maps first appeared in books, atlases, travel or history books, or guidebooks. Those maps not issued in such volumes may have been published as loose sheets, as wall maps, or as folding maps. Usually, these folding maps are dissected, laid on linen and folded within binders or a slip-case. In any of these cases, the vulnerability of the map on paper is obvious.One of the great inconveniences of the standard folio-size atlas was, obviously, its lack of portability. Over the years, this problem was solved in two ways: the development of the so-called "pocket atlas," or Pocketbook map, or folding map.
The folding map was often a single map, often dissected, mounted on linen or extra-thick paper, and bound into a protective folder or loose in a slip-case. It is not uncommon to find maps taken from atlases, then mounted and folded, for practical use during a voyage. Obviously, the more interesting maps of this genre were those specifically issued separately. These maps, often at a much larger scale than those in atlases, were intended for practical use and, accordingly, are not always in the best condition.
The nineteenth-century interest in travel - the birth of commercial tourism, which we now take for granted - spawned a dramatic increase in town plans and guides of major cities or resort areas.
Pocket maps relating to the New World can be found, either for those who already lived there or as guides for the great numbers of emigrants who sailed west to North America.
Folding maps have, to an extent, been overlooked by collectors in the past, since they do not conveniently fit into a folder or drawer of flat maps, and are not usually of sufficient decorative quality to be framed and hung.
Accordingly, a wide range of interesting maps is available, and although rarities fetch high prices, many can be found at a reasonable cost. (See Country Life Book of Antique maps, by J.Potter, Mappamundi.)
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