Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92228 in Books
• Published on: 1992-01-01
• Format: Facsimile
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Map
• 1 pages

Synopsis
An early coloured street map of London published over a century and a half ago so that passengers in Hansom cabs could check that they were being taken by the shortest route. It shows street names, prominent buildings, docks, factories, canals and the earliest railways in minute detail. Beyond the built up area can be seen the orchards and market gardens of Chelsea and Southwark, the marshes of the Isle of Dogs and the outlying villages of Earls Court, Kentish Town and Bow. Each map has a history of London in 1843. Use it to set the scene as you explore the capital in early Victorian times or research the lives of your forebears. Folded in a protective wallet.

From the Publisher
An early coloured street map of London published over a century and a half ago so that passengers in Hansom cabs could check that they were being taken by the shortest route. It shows street names, prominent buildings, docks, factories, canals and the earliest railways in minute detail. Beyond the built up area can be seen the orchards and market gardens of Chelsea and Southwark, the marshes of the Isle of Dogs and the outlying villages of Earls Court, Kentish Town and Bow. Each map has a history of London in 1843. Use it to set the scene as you explore the capital in early Victorian times or research the lives of your forebears.

This version is Folded in a protective wallet. See also
Gold Blocked hardback case and Rolled with a coloured 'mount' ready for framing

Customer Reviews

very poor reproduction
I ordered this for research purposes because it was supposedly large scale showing street names.
However even with a magnifying glass most names were illegible and the map is completely useless. I'm very disappointed