John Cossins

John Cossins (1697–1743) was an early cartographer, known for the following city maps:

  • plan of Leeds (c.1730) titled "A New and Exact Plan of the Town of Leedes"
  • map of York (1726): "New and Exact Plan of the City of York" This displayed fashionable new houses around the margin of the map.
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