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London-1720

CBTM:
18676
Map Date:
? 1720
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *3480 (47)
Town name:
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:
'Londinium celeberrima metropolis, splendiidissima regia et opulentissimum Angliae emporium accuratissimae delineata per Matthaeum Seutter. Sac.Caes.Maj.Georgr.Aug.Vind.'; also a title in German.
Comments on map:
Main text on map is English, including scale of English feet, with reference to streets, churches, etc, somewhat patchily rendered into German. Good on open spaces, e.g. Lincolns Inn Fields, but very lacking on public buildings, palaces, etc: perhaps the sign of a 'compilation map'.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Matthew Seutter [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.4 x 50.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward: [Wards in City, parishes elsewhere].
Known copies of map:
DH68: BLML Maps 3480(47); GL; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Tassel round German description and reference to prospect.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
'Prospect der Kingl: haupt und residentz stadt London', below map, with reference to 63 churches and other features: as such, is more informative than is the main map.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms: [Lion and unicorn slightly different-looking from the native run: lion looks as though on a 'high'].
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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