London-1690
CBTM:
21364
Map Date:
? 1690
Repository reference:
BL 577.f.2
Town name:
Barking, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ326811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Londinium. London.'
Comments on map:
In [J.C. Beer], Das Neu-geharnischte Gross-Britannien, Nurnberg, 1690, f.p. 172. As usual with Beer, there is a lack of text. [Attribution to Beer and dating to 1690 [rather than to Matthias Merian and dating to 1650] of this group of maps are via D. Smith, 'The enduring image of early British townscapes', Cartographic Journal 28 (1991), 163-175 (esp. p. 169).]
Scale:
1:27,500*
Map-maker:
[? Johann Christoph Beer [author].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.3 x 16.2
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised: Churches seem to be omitted: a circular building in Southwark might be one of the theatres.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.38: BL 577.f.2, CUL F169.c.1.1 [1690: in J.C. Beer, Das neu-geharnischte Gross-Britannien, Nurnberg, 1690, f.p.172].
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Crossed branches-banners in usual Beer style.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial boats and shipping on river. Scale bar, not figured, with dividers.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
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