Spotlight - Christopher and John Greenwood


Christopher and John Greenwood

Cartographers

In the early 1800’s the Greenwood brothers were one on the most prominent private firms of cartographers. Their partnership began in 1818 and from there they quickly became notable for their attempt to create maps for every county in the country at a scale of one inch to the mile.

Previously maps, although often ornate and decorative, had little accurate detail. They just gave basic details of towns, villages, roads and any prominent features. C & J Greenwood filled a gap in the market for more educated clientele who desired both accuracy and detail in a map but without losing any of the attractive decorative qualities.

However, they had to compete with the officially funded publications by the Board of Ordnance who were completing a national survey of all counties; and swiftly producing maps at the same scale of one inch to the mile. Unfortunately because of this Greenwood were unable to reach their target.  Despite this all was not lost, since they instead published a beautifully engraved ‘Atlas of the Counties of England.’ This was a very handsome work, often hand coloured with each map featuring a vignette of an important building in the country.

Here at St Marys books we have a large selection of Greenwood maps from the original atlas. Please see the link below or feel free to come into the shop to have a browse. We can mount or frame any of these maps if you wish. 


http://www.stmarysbooks.com/catalogue/361/john+and+christopher+greenwood/


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