London-1666
CBTM:
19516
Map Date:
? 1666
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (38)
Town name:
Abersychan, 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:
'Platte grondt der verbrande stadt London'.
Comments on map:
Trilingual letterpress text below map, in Dutch, French and English: unlike Exeter 19515, there is no mention of arrests, but it ends by saying that damage is estimated at 100 million pounds.
Scale:
1:12,672*
Map-maker:
Marcus Willem Doornick, Amsterdam [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.2 x 50.0 [overall: map 53.2 x 29.3].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally: By number, with Dutch and English gazetteers: the former translates where possible, e.g. '2. Nieuwe Fishstraet'.
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: As on Exeter 19515, the burnt area is left unhatched.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates: Dutch Church.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
DH17: GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH17(1)]; BLML Maps 3480(38) [DH17(2)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH17(3)];
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
The fire from above Southwark, by night: much more vivid than on Exeter 19515; is on drape, being pointed to by figures to right. Also the same 'Nieuw modell' as on Exeter 19515.
Crosses:
CP
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Boats and shipping in river.
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms, municipal: [Flank title].
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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