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John Rocque's 24-sheet map. In 1746, the French-born British surveyor and cartographer John Rocque produced two maps of London and the surrounding area. The better known of these has the full name A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark: it is a map of Georgian London to a scale of 26 inches to a mile (i.e. 1:2437), surveyed by John Rocque, engraved by John ...
Map 203 x 385 cm. on 24 sheets 77 x 57 cm. Scale ca. 1:2,400. Relief shown by hachures and land form drawings. Includes drawings of ships on the Thames, lists of abbreviations and London aldermen's names, and a statement of dedication to the mayor and aldermen of London. Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
John Rocque (originally Jean; c. 1704 –1762) was a French-born British surveyor and cartographer, best known for his detailed map of London published in 1746. Life and career [ edit ]
Original – A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark: a map of Georgian London to a scale of 26 inches to a mile, surveyed by John Rocque, engraved by John Pine, and published in 1746. Reason High quality reproduction of this notable map. Articles in which this image appears
English: A map of the Isle of Dogs formed by combining two sheets of An exact survey of the city's of London and Westminster, ye borough of Southwark and the country near ten miles round : begun in 1741, finished in 1745, and published in 1746, according to act of Parliament / by John Rocque ; engrav'd by Richard Parr and printed by W. Pratt
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John Rocque's maps of London; T. Tube map; W. Wonderground Map; Woodcut map of London This page was last edited on 3 November 2015, at 09:14 (UTC). Text is available ...
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