Street map of London, 1843 : 3 1/4 inches to a mile : a facsimile colour reproduction covering the full extent of the metropolis from the Chelsea orchards in the west to the marshes of the Isle of Dogs in the east and showing street names, prominent buildings, factories, canals and the first railways.
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Imprint: | Moretonhampstead, Devon : Old House Books, 1992. |
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Description: | 1 map : color ; 40 x 66 cm. + explanatory booklet (12 pages ; 16 cm.) |
Language: | English |
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Cartographic data: | Scale 1:19,495. 3.25 in. to 1 mile. |
Format: | Map Print |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7708323 |
Varying Form of Title: | Title within map border: London, 1843 / drawn & engraved from authentic documents by B.R. Davies |
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Other authors / contributors: | Davies, Benjamin Rees. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) Chapman and Hall. Old House Books. |
ISBN: | 1873590008 9781873590003 |
Notes: | "One of the earliest street maps of London produced ... so that passengers in Hansom cabs could check that they were being taken by the shortest route"--Cover. Original version: London : Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Chapman and Hall, 1843. |
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