London-1575
CBTM:
22883
Map Date:
? 1575
Repository reference:
Cambridge University Library Maps.bb.71.57.1
Town name:
Blythburgh, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
[Letterpress, outside engaved area:] 'La Ville de Londres.' [Engraved:] 'Londinum feracissimi Angliae Regni metropolis'.
Comments on map:
Letterpress title at top, and description of London in panels to left and right at bottom. Reputedly by Francois de Belle Forest, 1575: very 'modern-looking': imitates copperplate map/Braun & Hogenburg. Top left, letterpress: 'Cette Ville se droit mettre apres le fuellier 102.'
Scale:
1:10,000*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
51.0 x 31.8 [overall: engraved area 48.3 x 30.7].
Number of parts:
1
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: 'Gates'.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial): A few outlying ones named.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Recreation and sports venues:
bear-baiting, misc: Bull [and bear] baiting [each in circular structure in Southwark].
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.3: BM, GL, CUL Maps.bb.71.57.1 [DH3].
Industry:
abbatoirs, misc: Gunfounding [south of Spitel fields].
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Round arms, title and descriptions; lion heads in engraved title.
Symbolic elements:
Top centre: lion heads in engraved title cartouche. Bottom centre: two male and two female figures, in usual Braun & Hogenburg style.
Crosses:
cross, named, (pictorial): ['Chary neros' (Charing Cross)].
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial animals in fields; pictorial boats and shipping, including the royal barge, in river.
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms, municipal: [Royal top left, London top right: leaf surrounds].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only: [Two 'Beere house', nearly opposite each other, east of the Tower].
Ordnance Survey's
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
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