Blyth Tynemouth North Shields South Shields Tyne and Wear antique map 1794

Blyth Tynemouth North Shields South Shields Tyne and Wear antique map. Original hand-coloured copper-plate engraved antique map from John Cary’s ‘New Maps of England and Wales with part of Scotland,’ published, 1794. Plate number 69 featuring: Blyth, Newbiggin, Seaton, Whitley, Tynemouth. North Shields, South Shields, Jarrow, Chirton. Unusual section of a map showing the compass point in the North Sea. Paper size 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Nice clean example of Cary’s work.