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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.
A similar engraving of London by Wenceslas Hollar in 1647 depicts a similar view, on six plates, Long View of London from Bankside, based on drawings done by Hollar in London in the early 1640s, from the tower of St Mary Overie. Hollar's panorama has a single viewpoint, and shows the River Thames curving sinuously from left to right past the ...
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 ...
Date: 1746: Source: Rocque, John, -1762, John Pine, and John Tinney. A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark, with the contiguous buildings.
The "Copperplate" map of London is an early large-scale printed map of the City of London and its immediate environs, surveyed between 1553 and 1559, which survives only in part. It is the earliest true map of London (as opposed to panoramic views , such as those of Anton van den Wyngaerde ).
In Google Maps, when a user clicks on the yellow figure (named "Pegman"), that activates the street view map layer, which shows blue lines and blue circles superimposed upon the map, which represent what Street View panoramas are available. In order to see panoramas of those locations, the user either clicks on, or drags and drops Pegman onto ...
Tucked away off Westbourne Grove and its boutiques, restaurants and white-front mansions, The Princess Royal is perfectly placed to explore one of London’s most charming areas – with the two ...
For To Challenge Tomorrow gamemasters looking for campaign or adventure ideas set in Victorian England, London by Night provides a detailed background of 19th-century London, including history, geographical landmarks, social stratas, possible careers and occupations, the cost of living, political factions and popular movements of the time, and the various levels of government. [1]