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20. Small map of Plymouth Dock for the first Plymouth guide book

20.1. Title: The Town Of Plymouth Dock. 1811.
Date: 1811.
Size: 250 x 215 mm.
Imprint(s): Published Septr 1st 1811 By Rees & Curtis, Plymouth.
Signature(s): Engraved by John Cooke.
Location(s): BL, DevA and KB.

Comments: The plan is a faithful copy of Richards (19) but being on a much smaller scale omits most smaller street names and the hachuring for individual houses. No coastal shading. However, certain are included such as areas within the admiralty grounds (e.g. Cumberland Squares within the barrack area) and includes the Post Office in Kerr Street.

Published in:
 
The Picture of Plymouth, usually ascribed to Henry Woollcombe
London. Rees & Curtis (sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown). 1812. 



State 20.2. Date deleted. Address added below Cooke´s name New Road Stonehouse Plymo. New imprint: Published by J. Johns 56 Fore Street, Head of Catherine Street, Dock. Amphitheatre replaces Racket Court Barracks (Ee). Post Office removed and Town Hall added. Text expanded and revised, published as

The Tourist's Companion; Being a Guide to the Towns of Plymouth, Plymouth-Dock, Stonehouse, Morice-Town, Stoke and their vicinities.
London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823.   BL, KB. 

 


State 20.3. Title panel and Cooke signature replaced by engraving of Bunker's Hill, or Temple of Minerva. New title: DEVONPORT above map and imprint amended: Dock becomes Devonport.[1] Signature: H. Longmaid, Liskeard (EeOS). North Corner Street becomes Cornwall Street (Aa) and Devonport Monument replaces windmill, now Ker Street.
 
In The Tourist's Companion to the most interesting objects,
Plymouth, E Nettleton, 1828.        BL.
 
The Stranger’s Guide to Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, Stoke, Morice-Town, and Vicinities,
Plymouth, E Nettleton. (1828).    DevA, KB.
 
The Tourist's Companion, Being a Guide...
Devonport, J Johns, 1827; 1828.    Bod[2]; KB.
 
The Tourist's Companion, Being a Guide...
Devonport, W Colman, 1830.      BL[3].


           


[1] Dock officially became Devonport in 1824. Devonport Monument was erected to commemorate the change.

[2] Bod. (Johnson f.1468) date their Johns copy to 1827.

[3] This also contains Cooke 27.2. BL copies are 1811-10368.aaa.23; 1823 - 10358.bb.55; 1828 - 10352.a.28; and 1830 - 10360.a.7. Maxted also reports copies of Picture at Bod, Guildhall Library and the Society of Antiquities.

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