A New and Correct Map of the Ten Spanish Provinces According to the New Observations communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris. By John Senex. To the Right Hono[ra]ble Charles Earl of Sunderland Her Maj[es]ties Principal Secretary of State. This Map is humbly Dedicated by your Lordship's most Obedient Servant.

SENEX, John.

Published by John Senex -1728, 1710

About this Item

Double-page engraved map on 2 sheets joined, with full contemporary hand-colouring, size: 630 mm by 940 mm, sheet size: 680 by 965 mm. Light soiling and stain to centre fold. John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer. As a young man, he was apprenticed to Robert Clavell, a bookseller. He worked with several mapmakers over the course of his career, including Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price. In 1728, Senex was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, a rarity for mapmakers. The Fellowship reflects his career-long association as engraver to the Society and publisher of maps by Edmund Halley, among other luminaries. He is best known for his English Atlas (1714), which remained in print until the 1760s. After his death in 1740 his widow, Mary, carried on the business until 1755. Thereafter, his stock was acquired by William Herbert and Robert Sayer (maps) and James Ferguson (globes).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A New and Correct Map of the Ten Spanish Provinces According to the New Observations communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris. By John Senex. To the Right Hono[ra]ble Charles Earl of Sunderland Her Maj[es]ties Principal Secretary of State. This Map is humbly Dedicated by your Lordship's most Obedient Servant.
• Publisher: John Senex -1728
• Publication Date: 1710