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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.
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Nov 2023 at 11:08:30 (UTC). 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.
John Rocque's Map of London, Westminster, and Southwark, 1746, by John Rocque. General Map of Switzerland, by Swisstopo. Bünting Clover Leaf Map, by Heinrich Bünting.
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Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 0.22W; East: 0.10W; North: 51.55N; South: 51.48N; Date
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Around 2 million maps are printed for each cover, down from a high of around 12 million in the early 2010s. [2] [4] In 2014, The Guardian published a pictorial survey of the first 10 years' designs, [5] and The Londonist has a survey up to 2017. [6] Between 2016 and 2018, there were also a series of covers for Night Tube. [7]