Early guides for travellers in Britain

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Kearsley's Traveller's Entertaining Guide Through Great Britain, 1801

by Greg Kearsley

Published 20 February 2003

From the Preface: The excellence of the Roads through every part of Great Britain has, within a few years, rendered the Traveller an easy task; and the publication of so many Tours has contributed to extend our local knowledge, not only by describing the situation of places, and their distances from each other, but by pointing out whatever is worthy of observation, either in Nature or in Art. There yet, however, seemed to be wanting a Compendium of Topography; an Itinerary, comprehending as well what is amusing and instructive, as what is necessary and useful.