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London-1661

CBTM:
21380
Map Date:
[1661]
Repository reference:
BL 796.a.5
Town name:
Barkway, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ 320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Londinum London.'
Comments on map:
In R. Hermannidae, Britannia Magna, Amsterdam, 1661, f.p. 288. Marked lack of text; scale not figured.
Scale:
1:27,500*
Map-maker:
[R. Hermannidae [author].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.2 x 13.0
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised: Circular building in Southwark might be a theatre. Marked lack of churches.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.13: BL 796.a.5, CUL Syn.8.66.2.4.
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Shipping in 'Thamasis Fluvius'. Bottom right is scale surmounted by dividers.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [City of London].
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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