Britain and its World
These maps trace the development of British cartography in the century after 1680. In this period, Britain's political, military, and economic ambitions began to encompass the globe.
The English Atlas, 5 vols, (London, 1680-3).
Robert Morden, Geography rectified: or, a Description of the World, in all its Kingdoms, Provinces ... (London, 1680).
Edward Wells, A New Sett Of Maps Both Of Antient And Present Geography (London, 1706).
A New and Compleat Atlas, Or a Set of Twenty-Seven Two-Sheet Maps (London, ?1727).
Atlas Minor: Or, A New and Curious Set of Sixty-Two Maps (London, c.1730).
Thomas Jefferys, The American Atlas (London, 1776)
Thomas Kitchen, A General Atlas, Describing the Whole Universe (London, 1777).
Samuel Dunn, A New Atlas of the Mundane System (London, 1778).