Summary   As can be seen from the works quoted, Cooke was certainly resident at various London addresses until circa 1812 and his work there is fairly well documented. We have a large number of published work and accompanying some of these, such as the Circular Atlas , the Universal Atlas and the Synopsis of Geography , we have newspaper advertisements and reviews. We can trace his movements from his various addresses and we have evidence that, in common with many sole traders of the times, he was twice imprisoned for short periods for debt. Besides the three works mentioned above, one of Cooke´s final two works, the smaller scale version with “London” as his address of the large map for the St Aubyn family, reappear with a west country connection. All work by John Cooke before 1812 has a London address including the original map for the St Aubyn family. Obviously in order to engrave the map, Cooke did not need to visit Plymouth but something sparked an interest in the west...

  IV. Short List of Cartographic Works by John Cooke All known maps produced by John Cooke are listed in chronological order of publication. Click on the link (blue) to go directly to the map(s) in question. This will bring you to the detailed description of that/those map(s). From there you can return to this list, the Introduction or the next map chronologically. Below the list are useful notes concerning abbreviations and terminology used in the descriptions. If you are unused to map descriptions, please check it out. 1a.   A Mercators Chart from ENGLAND TO GREENLAND – DAVIS`S STRAITS & HUDSON`S BAY Including all the Islands from Actual Surveys . Large chart engraved by J Cooke.  Published  London , D Steel, 1789.   1b.  A NewMercators Chart of the Coast of Ireland . Six large folding charts on 2 sheets joined engraved by J Cooke. Four charts are dated between January and June 1790. Published London , D Steel, 1790.   2 . A Map of the Ro...

  V and VI. V. List of Apprentices taken on by John Cooke to 1800   Stephen Cooke (brother)        1787      no fee (see below) Samuel Papps                          1790      £25.00 John Buck                                1790      £26. 5s William Henry Hayes              1799    £21.00 James Isaac Thomas Kensett   1799      £31.10s Joseph Wright                          1800      £20.00 Edward Field                            1800      £40.00 My thanks to Laurence Worms who provided these details gathered from BBTI, COPAC, Susanne Fisher...