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 Acknowledgements and 

Source of Illustrations

Acknowledgements 

As is usual with a work of this nature, it would not have been possible without help and support of others. Working from Germany with few trips to the UK and no possibility to visit libraries and archives I have relied on the internet and email and the kind assistance of curators etc. I would especially like to thank Laurence Worms who has consistently brought details of John Cooke´s life to my attention[1] and for reading through various drafts of the first edition of this work.[2] He kindly supplied me with his own listing of Cooke’s workswhich included new items (4a/4b, 9 and 23) and for drawing Steel´s volume on Seamanship to my notice

The staff of the Devon Archives (formerly the Westcountry Studies Library) in Exeter have been as helpful and generous with their time as always. Curators and staff of the various institutions listed under References were often able to answer my queries via email. My thanks go to Patrick Pollak of Rare Books in Brent, Daniel Crouch of Shapiro Rare Books, Alexandré of Alexandré Antique Prints of Toronto and Peter Kennedy for allowing use of illustrations (see below), and to Quentin B Spear, Sarah Bendall, Michael Reckes and Ashley Baynton-Williams for correspondence . Elisabeth Stuart checked the Duchy of Cornwall records.

In addition Dr Shirley Atkinson has provided copies of countless documents and details on John Cooke’s family. This has played a major part in the decision to update and revise the original monograph. Another relative, Ian McKeer, has helped correct some points.

My thanks to all.


[1] Laurence Worms and Ashley Baynton-Williams have since published their own British Map Engravers where John Cooke is correctly listed with his works.

[2] Copies of the first edition are lodged with DevA, WDRO and BL.


Source of Illustrations 

I am grateful to the following persons and institutions for providing me with illustrations listed. Please note that copyright belongs to the owners below and no illustration from this book may be copied without the owner´s permission.

If not specified, illustrations are from works in the author´s collection. 

If I have inadvertently forgotten to give credit for an illustration, I hereby apologise. 

For newspaper articles, adverts etc. refer to the British Newspaper Archives, supported by the British Library and available (for a fee) from; https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/.

Introduction 

London

Figs. 1, 2 and 43. Sheets of tools engraved by Cooke for The Elements And Practice Of Rigging And Seamanship. Courtesy of San Francisco National Maritime Park and on-line at https://maritime.org/doc/steel/part5.htm.

Fig. 3. Cooke´s first signed work:  A Mercators Chart … England to Greenland, (1789). © National Library of Spain (BNE): posted on-line maps MR/4/1 SERIES 36/6.

Fig. 4. Title panel of Cooke’s Hendon map © London Borough of Barnet archives.

Fig. 5. View of the Thames from a History of the Principal Rivers …. © The Trustees of the British Library: www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/12459386644.

Figs. 6a and 6b. Trade card issued by J Cooke in Mill Hill. © The Trustees of the British Museum. John Cooke's business cards are illustrated under https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Banks-59-43.

Fig. 7. Excerpt from London Gazette of August 1797 – available on-line, see https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/14034/page/1.

Fig. 8. Plan of the renovated St Saviours Church in Southwark. © The Trustees of the British Museum at britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1880-1113-5273.

Fig. 9. Volunteer Review, June 4th 1799, Illustrated London News June 30, 1860.

Fig. 10. Represantant d´une Grande Nation by Obadiah Prim, 1799.

© Courtesy of the Library of Congress. https://lccn.loc.gov/2010647164.

Fig. 11. The Tree of Liberty by James Gillray, 1798. Courtesy of the British Library under Creative Commons. © The Trustees of the British Museum: www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/137720001.

Fig. 12. A Geographical Clock in Universal Atlas, 1802.

Fig. 13. Trade cards issued by J Cooke and Mrs Cooke. © The Trustees of the British Museum. Both Cooke business cards are illustrated https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_D-2-282 and https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_D-2-3427

Fig. 14. Second title page to Universal Atlas, 1802.

Fig. 15. Duchess of York´s dedication as Princess Royal of Prussia.

Fig. 16. Advert from The Courier of June 24, 1802.

Fig. 17. John Luffman´s unusual map of Devon.

Fig. 18. Mean Libration of the Moon; engraved by Miss Mary Cooke.

Fig. 19. Excerpt from marriage registry, kindly provided by Dr Atkinson.

Fig. 20. Title Page to A General Synopsis of Geography, 1812.

Fig. 21. Advert in The Globe, Wednesday March 11, 1812.

Plymouth

 

Fig. 22. The West Prospect of Plymouth by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck. © The Trustees of the British Library.  See flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/50265931797/.

Fig. 23. The Town Hall, Column and Library, Devonport from Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated; Fisher; London; c.1829.

Fig. 24. Union Street, the Naval Hospital and the Copper Plate Printing Office.

Fig. 25. Advert for engraving of Napoleon, Royal Cornwall Gazette, Aug. 1815.

Fig. 26. Sketch of Napoleon by John Spurgeon. © The Trustees of the British Museum at britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1904-0609-1.

Fig. 27: Dedication to Hugh Percy in Gilbert´s History of Cornwall.

Fig. 28: One of 25 sheets of heraldic arms in Gilbert´s History of Cornwall.

Fig. 29. Dedication to John Wodehouse in Gilbert´s History of Cornwall.

Fig. 30. Plate 13, a guide to mapping Africa, from Synopsis of Geography.

Fig. 31. Advertisement in Royal Cornwall Gazette (January 1815).

Figs. 32, 44 and 45c. Title page and Plate 3, Vicissitude of the Seasons from An historical introduction to the sciences (1816). © Courtesy Medical Historical Library of the Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Library at Yale University.

Fig. 33. The Copper-Plate Engraving and Printing Office location.

Fig. 34. The Solar System as published in the Universal Atlas.

Fig. 35. Print of the Royal Hotel and Plymouth Theatre by kind permission of Devon Archives and Local Studies (M SC2157).

Fig. 36. Stoke Church: Cooke´s Plan of 1821 and editions of The Stranger’s Guide.

Fig. 37. Illustration of a fossil for W Welch, Religiosa Philosophia by kind permission of Devon Archives and Local Studies. Both 1821 and 1822 editions at s550/GEN/WEL.

Fig. 38. The Firmament for W Welch´s Religiosa Philosophia, 1821, for W Welch, Religiosa Philosophia by kind permission of Devon Archives and Local Studies.

Fig. 39. The Alfred of August 31st 1824 with balloon announcement. Image courtesy of Patrick Pollak Rare Books, Brent, Devon.

Fig. 40. George and Margaret Graham´s balloon landing © courtesy of British Science Museum / Cabinet UK Ltd. Online at www.jstor.org/stable/community.26430494.

Fig. 41.  Tor House as shown on Cooke´s Chart of Plymouth Sound.

Fig. 42. Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for John Cooke, in the author’s possession and kindly obtained by Laurence Worms.

Figs. 45a-c. Imprints found on Vicissitude of the Seasons, 1802-1816.

Source of Illustrations

Cartobibliography 

I am grateful to the following persons and institutions for providing me with illustrations of the various maps produced by John Cooke (numbers refer to map entry). Please note that copyright belongs to the owners below and no illustration from this book may be copied without the owner´s permission.

If not specified, illustrations are from works in the author´s collection.

1a.            © National Library of Spain (BNE): maps MR/4/1 SERIES 36/6. This map is posted on-line.

1b.            Daniel Crouch of Shapiro Rare Books and photographer, Lovie Fasciolo. The full set of 6 maps is posted on-line, © National Library of Spain (BNE): maps MR/5/1 SERIES 42/7, 8, 19, 21, 27 & 28.

2.              (c) British Library Board. All Rights Reserved: Maps 4196.(1.).

3a/3b.       © Trustees of National Library of Scotland and Chris Fleet. Plan of Bangalore taken from the website of the Rare Book Society of India where the book (lacking maps) can be downloaded from a copy held at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. The map is at the BL (WD3775(26)).

6.              On-line: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t52g5sw72 (1) and /t4cp5618w (2): © HathiTrust / Getty Research Institute.

7.              © Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz and Holger Scheerschmidt and Anne Leicht.

8.              © British Library Board: Maps 4196.(1.).

9.              © Library of Congress. Map is illustrated on-line at Library of Congress, see www.mapsofpa.com/antiquemaps29b.htm.

10a/10b.   © National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

12.            © Senate House Library, University of London.

13.            © Alexandré Antique Prints, Maps and Books of Toronto, Canada.

14.            Image of children´s atlas cover © Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps.

15.            © National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru and Martin Robson Riley. NLW copy is Gogerddan 455 131/3/12.

16.            © Royal Geographical Society.

17.            Images of Germany maps courtesy of Steve Bartrick Antique Prints and Maps. Maps are in author´s collection.

18.            © Bodleian Library, Oxford and Josie Lister.

19.            © McMaster University Library, Research Collections: digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A21630.

22.            Courtesy of of Francis Bennett.

24A.         State 1 courtesy of Quentin B Spear.

25.             © West Devon Records Office, Plymouth & Anne Morgan.

26.            State 2 title panel © Devon Archives, Exeter.

29.            State 1 title panel © Celsus Books, London.

33.            The Proposals are © West Devon Records Office, Plymouth & Anne Morgan. Single sheet (33.1B) © of Utrecht University Library.

34.            Title panel to state 2, courtesy of Quentin B Spear.

35.            State 1 © of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz and Holger Scheerschmidt and Anne Leicht. Also detail illustration on page 206.

36.            State 1 of Cooke’s Plymouth Breakwater. Found on-line at https://www.submerged.co.uk/plymouthbreakwater-building/ and one further site. Believed to be at Devon Archives. 

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