A large scale map of Kent in fine colour

A superbly detailed map of Kent on a scale of 1" to a mile, marking lathes and hundreds, parishes, towns, villages, turnpike roads, toll-bars, cross-roads, churches, castles, chapels, wind and water mills, heaths, commons and canals. Christopher Greenwood, later joined by his brother John, mapped all but five of the English counties in unprecedented detail, publishing their maps between 1817 and 1834, just as the age of the railway was beginning. The brothers ceased their work because of competition from the Ordnance Survey, but later issued a complete large-format atlas of county maps. The name on the case is 'Templeton', confirmed by his descendants as Captain James Templeton of the Royal Marines. His company was based at Chatham in Kent for most of his career, during which he was present at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795. He retired in 1807.