London-1667 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23235

Map Date:

1667

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library, Pr.gp.2, k1268555

Town name:

Bo'ness, 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 gronde der verbrande stadt London.'

Comments on map:

Extensive letterpress below, in dutch, in mix of gothic and Roman type.

Scale:

1:21,120*

Map-maker:

Jacob Venckel, Beurs-steegh, History-Schryver [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28.0 x 21.0 [map: printed area 28.5 x 38.3 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, drill halls, town walls, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.24: GL Pr.Gp.2 k1268555 [DH24].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

'Londons Brandt', seen from Southwark cathedral.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river.

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