GREEN (James).
Map of the Turnpike Road, from Plymouth to Exeter, with improvements, as proposed by James Green, 1809.
Highly detailed map, at a scale of almost one inch to a mile, of existing and proposed roads in a narrow ban from Exeter to Plymouth. Turnpike roads were those built and maintained by charging travellers a toll to use the road, as authorized by Act of Parliament.
Green was proposing a new turnpike road between the two cities, which corresponds fairly closely to the route of today’s A38.
Although presumably prepared for an official report, this example shows no sign of having been bound, but was folded for storage.
Rare, with no example listed on COPAC.
