London-1706 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22112

Map Date:

? 1706

Repository reference:

BOL G.A. Oxon. 4o. 10.

Town name:

Barton upon Humber, 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:

'Londra...'

Comments on map:

At [fo. 99] in volume of Coronelli work, with various engraved titles: at start is Oxoniae, atque Cantabrigiae universitates celeberrimae a' Patre Cosmographo Cornonelli... [n.d.], followed by Oxfort da' Latini chimato Oxonium, universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, c descritta dal P. General Coronelli; [fo. 51] Cambridge, da' Latini detta Cantabrigia universita celebre nell' Ingilterra, delineata, e descritta ne' suoi viaggi cola dal P. Coronelli; [fo 80] INGHIL TERRA. 'Scala d'un miglio a 16 per grado', bottom right: suggests 1:31,680. No text on map proper, or churches etc.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Map-maker:

[Vincenzo Maria Coronelli [author].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.3 x 26.7

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Defence and military:

town walls

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.37: Bib.Nat.Paris; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC]; BOL G.A.Oxon 4o 10 [1706].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Arms and heraldry:

royal arms, municipal, uncertain: [Top left: London; top right: royal]; bottom centre, above title and dedication: uncertain, quartered with crosses and royal lions.

Dedicee of map:

'... all' illustrissimo S. Nicolao Cornaro Figliuolo dell' eccellentissimo Sigr. Procre. Francesco'.

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