Chorographia Britanniae

About the site

Atlas publication details

Atlas collation

Title page and dedication

General maps
and tables

County and
regional maps

  This site contains a detailed examination of Chorographia Britanniæ, an atlas of the counties of England and Wales, first published in 1742
by William Henry Toms.

Chorographia Britanniae - title page

All the plates in the atlas were engraved by Toms from drawings made by Thomas Badeslade. According to the title page the drawings were made and compiled into a book by Order and for the Use of his late Majesty King George I.

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