London-1690
CBTM:
19518
Map Date:
? 1690
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.25.B.5 (73)
Town name:
Aberystwyth, 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:
'Londini Angliae regni metropolis novissima & accuratissima autore Joanne de Ram.'
Comments on map:
In collection of town maps of the Low Countries, including also London, Paris and Strasbourg. Title page lacks engraved title, supplied in English in manuscript: published Frederick de Widt, Amsterdam. The actual mapping either derives from the same source as Exeter 19517, or they both in turn derive from a common source (Ogilby & Morgan?), but Exeter 19518 has a more extensive reference to buildings and streets.
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
Joanne de Ram, Amsterdam [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
59.7 x 50.0 [overall: map 59.7 x 38.0 maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates: French Church.
Public buildings:
customs
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
DH40: BLML Maps 13.e.1(73), K.Top.20.29, Bishopsgate Institute, GL [DH40(1)]; BOL G1/C17.7, BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] Lar. Vol IV (Topographical) [DH ??: pb Pierre van der Aa]; BLML Maps 3480(298), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Westminster Archives Box 65 no.20 [DH40(2)]; BLML Maps 11.e.9.102 [1695: DH40(3)]; BL, Bishopsgate Institute, GL [DH40(4)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (672) CUL Maps.bb.19.G.62, Camden 85.23 1690, Tower Hamlets map 1728 [GLC facsim, 1968, pub 101].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At bottom of map: panorama of London; bottom right: William and Mary above.
Symbolic elements:
Putti doing various things, below map, above panorama: strewing garlands, holding representation of crown, holding spades, etc, measuring on globe, with cannon, ? trumpets and entwinned-snakes in attendance.
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms, 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
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